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Jack

Jack

 

Stainless steel glistens in the gaslight

it cuts through gravity and sinew.

Whitechapel is mine tonight

nobody knows what I will do.

 

It cuts through gravity and sinew

when you hold it right.

Nobody knows what I will do

If you put up a fight.

 

When you hold it right

Just one swing and you are through

If you put up a fight

I’ll cut you in two

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