Song Title:  The Boy With the Smile that Leers as it Mocks (Jack)

Music by:  D.M. Blackthorn

Lyrics by:  D.M. Blackthorn

Meter / Style:  Waltz

Story:  This song has its roots in the freakshows of the middle ages up throught the industrial revolution, single Os performed on the sidewalk as street performance.  This is the inspiration for the toy we know now as the Jack in the Box.

Lyrics:
The circus folk are here and they’re down in the square
They’ve got a strange fellow that you can see there
For sixpence, you, too can look in the box,
see the boy with the smile that leers as it mocks...

Jack.

The is a creature waiting patiently below
Waiting in darkness for the start of the show
Silently waiting in a costume so fair
He wears no mask but a face painted there

Jack.
They call him Jack.

Coiled to spring like a cat through the night,
this creatures unknowable visage a-lights
in the mind’s eye – will you startle or flight –
or do you think some infernal delight.... awaits...

Jack
They call him Jack.

A-quiver and nervous, your hand reaches out
grasping the crank and turning it about
You know the cue as the melody plays
yet what you see there will surely amaze...
when you see Jack....

(all around the mulberry bush, the monkey chased the weasel,
the monkey thought it was all in fun...)

And now, Jack springs out the box
with the smile that leers as it mocks
Honestly, he doesn’t think much of you
Though he’s little he thinks little of you
but he knows just what to do...

to give you a thrill.

Whether lyrical in nature, or purely instrumental in arrangement, each song carries its own story. Here are listed the stories and the lyrics to the songs sung by THAT Damned Band. This page will be updated from time to time.