Scott Walker - Jackie

And if one day I should become A singer with a Spanish bum Who sings for women of great virtue I’d sing to them with a guitar I borrowed from a coffee bar Well, what you don’t know doesn’t hurt you My name would be Antonio And all my bridges I would burn And when I gave them some they’d know I’d expect something in return I’d have to get drunk every night And talk about virility With some old grandmother That might be decked out like a christmas tree And though pink elephants I’d see Though I’d be drunk as I could be Still I would sing my song to me About the time they called me “Jacky“ If I could be for only an hour If I could be for an hour every day If I could be for just one little hour Cute in a stupid ass way And if I joined the social whirl Became procurer of young girls Then i would have my own bordellos My record would be number one And I’d sell records by the ton All
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