Jack/John


25 comments:

Sandra Dodd said...

Captain Jack will get you high tonight
And take you to your special island

Billy Joel, "Captain Jack"

Deborah in IL said...

Just slip out the back, Jack
Make a new plan, Stan
No need to be coy, Roy
Just listen to me

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
Paul Simon

Sandra Dodd said...

I thought I saw him going up over the hill
With Abraham, Martin and John

Anonymous said...

Happy Jack wasn't old but he was a man.

- The Who, Happy Jack

Sylvia said...

Little ditty about Jack and Diane,
two American kids doing the best they can.

Jack & Diane ~ John Mellencamp

Sandra Dodd said...

John Brown's body lies a-moulderin' in the grave

hahamommy said...

Hey Johnny, won't you come out to play in your empty garden? Johnny?

Empty Garden (Hey Johnny) ~ Elton John
(Best played on full blast whilst crying!)

Sandra Dodd said...

If I may not be your lover,
Madam will you let me go?
Oh, no, John, no, John, no, John, no.

(a folksong)

Sylvia said...

Hit the road, Jack
and don't you come back no more

Ray Charles

Sandra Dodd said...

When Johnny comes marching home again, hoorah, hoorah

Anonymous said...

if I was John and you were Yoko I would gladly give up being a musical genus just to have you as my very own personal Venus.

- Barenaked Ladies, Be My Yoko Ono

Sandra Dodd said...

I was the walrus
But now I'm John

"The Dream is Over," Plastic Ono Band

Sylvia said...

Im jumpin jack flash,
Its a gas! gas! gas!

Jumpin Jack Flash ~ Rolling Stones

Anonymous said...

Is this your life Jackie Brown? Poorly educated, forced to live on the poor side of town.

- John Mellencamp, Jackie Brown

Sandra Dodd said...

Are you sleeping, are you sleeping,
Brother John? Brother John?

(in the original French he's "Jacque")

Anonymous said...

Hey Jack Kerouac, I think of your mother and the tears she cried they were cried for none other ..

- 10,000 Maniacs, Jack Kerouac

Zenmomma said...

Ladies and gentlemen, here's my disease
Give me a standing ovation and your sympathy
Poor old Johnny Yen set himself on fire again

Johnny Yen, James

Sandra Dodd said...

When John Henry was a little baby
Sittin' on his mammy's knee...

Sylvia said...

Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray,
South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio

We Didn't Start The Fire ~ Billy Joel

Sandra Dodd said...

There lived a country boy
Named Johnny B. Goode

Chuck Berry, and Marty McFly in Back to the Future

Sandra Dodd said...

Come hear Uncle John's band
Playing to the tide...

Grateful Dead

Deborah in IL said...

John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt
His name is my name too

Sandra Dodd said...

"Before you step on board, sir,
Your name I'd like to know."
She smiled all in her countenance
"They call me Jackaroe."

a traditional ballad Joan Baez recorded in the 60's

kevin said...

How do we deal with a man who is bigger,
than John was when John did his baptism thing?

JC Superstar

Anonymous said...

Poor old Johnny Ray, sounded sad upon the radio.
Put the million hearts in mono.
Our mothers cried, sang along, who'd blame them?

Come on Eileen by Dexy's Midnight Runners