The Smoke (The Shots)
The Smoke (The Shots)
The Smoke (The Shots)
The Smoke (The Shots)
The Smoke (The Shots)
The Smoke (The Shots)
The Smoke (The Shots)
The Smoke (The Shots)
The Smoke (The Shots)
The Smoke (The Shots)
The Smoke (The Shots)
The Smoke (The Shots)
My friend Jack is a psychedelic pop song. It was originally with slower beat and had more lines that suggested the hallucinogenic effects and thereby banned from the UK. It did take off in the rest of Europe.
The sugar lumps, might stand for LSD. The Smoke sing: ‘Eating sugar made in Cuba, tried to...
My friend Jack eats sugar lumps
My friend Jack eats sugar lumps
Sugarman hasn't got a care
He's been travelling everywhere
Been on a voyage, across an ocean
Heard the sweet sound, of wheels in motion
He's seen the hawk fly high to hail the setting sun
My friend Jack eats sugar lumps
My friend Jack eats sugar lumps
Sugarman hasn't got a care
He's been travelling everywhere
He's seen the people, in the city
And the bright lights, they're awful pretty
He's followed dusty tracks into eternity
Eatin' sugar cane in Cuba
Tried to grow it in Japan
On the West Coast he's real famous
Kids all call him Sugarman
My friend Jack eats sugar lumps
My friend Jack eats sugar lumps
Sugarman hasn't got a care
He's been travelling everywhere
Been on a voyage, across an ocean
Heard the sweet sound, of wheels in motion
He's seen the hawk fly high to hail the setting sun
My friend Jack eats sugar lumps
My friend Jack eats sugar lumps
Sugarman hasn't got a care
He's been travelling everywhere
My Friend Jack was written by Zeke Lund & Mick Rowley & Mal Luker & Geoff Gill.
My Friend Jack was produced by Monty Babson.
The Smoke (The Shots) released My Friend Jack on Fri Feb 10 1967.