Jack Killed Mom

When Jack was born He winked at Mom Her pretty face was the first he saw Was Jack wrong because he loved Mom? Things were bad, before they got worse Mom would pinch Jack until it hurt Mama thought her boy was cursed You leave (leave!) You leave (leave!) You leave that boy to me Oh, Jack, I love him But you leave that boy to me You leave (leave!) Leave (leave!) I know his condition and soon he will be free Off at school Jack was cruel He'd become the bullies bull Was Jack wrong to mimic Mom? And after school On the corner stool Mom was kissing on the Golden Rule Jack had become the teacher's fool You leave (leave!) You leave (leave!) You leave that man to me Oh, Mom, I love you, and soon you will be free With my will (will!) and my hands (hands!) like old Solomon And in your honor I'm going to cut that man in half Johnathan Rice: All the lessons Mama would teach Books from Rome and ancient Greece Men push rocks up stony mountains Turning one fish into five thousand And a king went blind from his mother's love A terrible rage came over Jack His Mama lying on her back The one who taught him right from wrong But knew no better all along She got ran through when Jack killed his Mom (Bang bang!) Don't leave (leave!) Don't leave (leave!) Don't leave this world to me Oh, Mom I love, I didn't mean to set you free With my will (will!) and my hands (hands!) like old Solomon Oh Mom, I love you, I didn't mean to set you free Was Jack wrong? (Jack killed Mom!) Was Jack wrong? (Jack killed Mom!) Was Jack wrong? (Jack killed Mom!) Jack killed Mom! Jack killed Mom! Was Jack wrong? Jack killed Mom! Jack killed Mom! Oh When Jack killed his Mom!