He called me his sweet angel And he called this sad town heaven For a time I saw it through him And I've appreciated that And you, you talk just like him Full of poetry and visions You don't see things as they are You're making mansions out of shacks And you'll be thinking deep thoughts As you're sneaking out the back Because you're just like Jack You're just like Jack Your lips will taste like whiskey From the local sugarshack You'll tell me that I'm pretty Though you're probably just bored And everyone will love you 'Cause you blew the dust off this town You'll leave everybody wanting Things they didn't want before And you would touch us all so deep But you won't let us touch you back Because you're just like Jack You're just like Jack With all I got to keep me here The baby and my mother I'll probably live forever And have nothing new to say But don't you ever cross a river With that restless heart of yours You got nothing to hold onto You'll just get swept away But you'll be beaming like a floodlight When the night is thick and black Because you're just like Jack You're just like Jack