Lyrics to
Jumping Jack Flash

This version of Jumping Jack Flash was released by The Rolling Stones in 1970.

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The greatest rock and roll band in the world
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I was born in a crossfire hurricane
And I howled at my ma in the driving rain
But it’s all right now, in fact it’s a gas
But it’s all right
I’m Jumpin’ Jack Flash, it’s a gas, gas, gas
I was raised by a toothless, bearded hag
I was schooled with a strap right across my back
But it’s all right now, in fact it’s a gas
But it’s all right
I’m Jumpin’ Jack Flash, it’s a gas, gas, gas
I was drowned, I was washed up and left for dead
I fell down, to my feet and I saw they bled
Yeah, sure and I frowned at the crumbs of a crust of bread, sure
Yeah, I was crowned with a spike right through my head
But it’s all right now, in fact it’s a gas
But it’s all right
I’m Jumpin’ Jack Flash, it’s a gas, gas, gas

(Oh yeah. Thank you kindly
I think I busted a button on my trousers
Hope they don’t fall down.
You don’t want my trousers to fall down, now do ya?)

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About Lyrics and Jumping Jack Flash by The Rolling Stones

The lyrics for Jumping Jack Flash are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1970 song by The Rolling Stones. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Jumping Jack Flash have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Jumping Jack Flash - The Rolling Stones and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Jumping Jack Flash by The Rolling Stones in multiple 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 Jumping Jack Flash" means the words set to the music of Jumping Jack Flash, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Rolling Stones. 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 Jumping Jack Flash and the lyrics to Jumping Jack Flash are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Rolling Stones who came here looking just for the lyrics to Jumping Jack Flash, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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