You Don't Know Jack

                                  He asked me for a dollar, I said "Go get a job"

I turned up my collar and started walkin' off

He said "I don't blame you, I know what you think.

I'd just spend your money, to buy another drink"



But you don't know Jack,

Double shot, eighty proof, on the rocks,

Until you've lost it all.

And you can't go back

To your life, and your kids, and your ex-wife

With just a telephone call.

If you think it's just a bottle,

In an old brown paper sack

You don't know Jack.



He showed me a picture, of two little girls

Wearin' Easter dresses, hair done up in curls

He said "God bless their mamma,

She said I couldn't stay.

And buddy if you're wonderin',

How could I throw it all away"



You don't know Jack,

Double shot, eighty proof, on the rocks,

Until you've lost it all.

And you can't go back

To your life, and your kids, and your ex-wife

With just a telephone call.

If you think it's just a bottle,

In an old brown paper sack

You don't know Jack.



If you never felt the fire,

Running through your veins,

If you've never seen the devil,

Face to face



You don't know Jack,

Double shot, eighty proof, on the rocks,

Until you've lost it all.

So brother just be glad, and tonight

Hold your kids, kiss your wife

And when you talk to God,

Count up all your blessings

And thank the good Lord that

You don't know Jack.

You don't know Jack.