Jackie
Sinéad O’Connor * Track #1 On The Lion and the Cobra
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Album The Lion and the Cobra
Jackie by Sinéad O'Connor
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In her 2021 memoir, Rememberings, O'Connor shares that Jackie is the second song she ever wrote, written when she was fifteen. In the song, the narrator is a ghost of a woman who continues to wait for her husband to return from sailing.
Jackie Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Jackie left on a cold, dark night
Telling me he'd be home
Sailed the seas for a hundred years
Leaving me all alone
And I've been dead for twenty years
I've been washing the sand with my ghostly tears
Searching the shores
For my Jackie-oh
[Verse 2]
I remember the day the young man came
Said, "Your Jackie's gone, he got lost in the rain"
And I ran to the beach
And laid me down
"You're all wrong," I said and they stared at the sand
"That man knows that sea like the back of his hand
He'll be back some time
Laughing at you"
[Verse 3]
And I've been waiting all this time
For my man to come, take his hand in mine
And lead me away
To unseen shores
I've been washing the sand with my salty tears
Searching the shore all these long years
And I'll walk the seas forever more
'Til I find my Jackie-oh
[Outro]
'Til I find my Jackie-oh
'Til I find my Jackie-oh
Jackie-oh
Jackie-oh
Jackie Q&A
Who wrote Jackie's ?
Jackie was written by Sinéad O’Connor.
Who produced Jackie's ?
Jackie was produced by Sinéad O’Connor.
When did Sinéad O’Connor release Jackie?
Sinéad O’Connor released Jackie on Wed Nov 04 1987.