"Poor Jack" is a song written for the 1993 Christmas/Halloween movie The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Lyrics
- [JACK]
- What have I done?
- What have I done?
- How could I be so blind?
- All is lost, where was I?
- Spoiled all, spoiled all
- Everything's gone all wrong
- What have I done?
- What have I done?
- Find a deep cave to hide in
- In a million years they'll find me
- Only dust and a plaque
- That reads, "Here Lies Poor Old Jack"
- But I never intended all this madness, never
- And nobody really understood, how could they?
- That all I ever wanted was to bring them something great
- Why does nothing ever turn out like it should?
- Well, what the heck, I went and did my best
- And, by God, I really tasted something swell
- And for a moment, why, I even touched the sky
- And at least I left some stories they can tell, I did
- And for the first time since I don't remember when
- I felt just like my aold bony self again
- And I, Jack, the Pumpkin King
- That's right, I am the Pumpkin King, ha, ha, ha
- And I just can't wait until next Halloween
- 'Cause I've got some new ideas
- That will really make them scream
- And, by Godm I'm really gonna give it all my might
- Uh oh, I hope there's still time to set things right
- Sandy Claws, hmm