Lyrics to
Jack-A-Diamonds

This version of Jack-A-Diamonds was released by Joe Cocker in 1975.

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Jack-a-Diamonds
Jack-a-Diamonds
Take my money
You can have
My life of luxury
You can have my precious
Silver studded saddle
But you can’t have my soul
Cannot have my soul today

Sweet mama
Oh sweet mama
Say you’ll love me
Let me hold you
Hold you in my arms
Please tell me
I’m not really not fallin’
To pieces (oh no)
Keep me tender, mama
Tender now, keep me warm

Jack-a-Diamonds
Jack-a-Diamonds
I still got my ace
If you want me to do it
I can throw it
Straight in your face
You can stuff your trade
Union bull-shit up your kyber
But you can’t have my soul
Cannot have my soul today

Jack-a-Diamonds
Jack-a-Diamonds
Gonna be alright
Going down the road

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Joe Cocker has released many songs over the years besides Jack-A-Diamonds. Joe Cocker released songs from 1969 to 2007 spanning across albums like With A Little Help From My Friends, Joe Cocker!, Mad Dogs & Englishmen, Joe Cocker, I Can Stand A Little Rain, Jamaica Say You Will, Stingray, Luxury You Can Afford, Sheffield Steel, Civilized Man, Cocker, Unchain My Heart, One Night Of Sin, Night Calls, Have A Little Faith, Organic, Across From Midnight, No Ordinary World, Respect Yourself, Heart & Soul, and Hymn For My Soul. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Joe Cocker.

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About Lyrics and Jack-A-Diamonds by Joe Cocker

The lyrics to Jack-A-Diamonds are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Joe Cocker in 1975. Elements of the lyrics to Jack-A-Diamonds are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Joe Cocker and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Jack-A-Diamonds back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Jack-A-Diamonds by Joe Cocker in a number of ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Jack-A-Diamonds" means the words set to the music of Jack-A-Diamonds, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Joe Cocker. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Jack-A-Diamonds and the lyrics to Jack-A-Diamonds are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Joe Cocker who came here looking just for the lyrics to Jack-A-Diamonds, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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