Target
Joe Jackson * Track #4 On Night and Day
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Target by Joe Jackson
Performed by
Joe JacksonWrited by
Joe JacksonAbout
In a performance of this song with Sue Hadjopoulos, Jackson introduced Target as “a tale of urban paranoia”, as its narrator expresses concern about being a victim (or “target”) of sporadic violence on the street.
Characteristic of many of Jackson’s arrangements, the song breaks out into an elongat...
Target Lyrics
Uptown – downtown
No one's fussy I'm a target
Black, white – day, night
No one's fussy I'm a target
Somebody say I'm crazy
Walking in this neighbourhood
Say you can't be too careful
But that won't do no good
I'm no one special
But any part of town
Someone could smile at me then
Shake my hand then gun me down
Uptown – downtown
No one's fussy I'm a target
Black, white – day, night
No one's fussy I'm a target
Somebody say I'm crazy
Living in this crazy town
I say maybe you're just lazy
Got to either swim or drown
I know what I'm doing
I'm happy day to day
But then something happens
Takes my nerve away
Uptown – downtown
No one's fussy I'm a target
Black, white – day, night
No one's fussy I'm a target
Target Q&A
Who wrote Target's ?
Target was written by Joe Jackson.
Who produced Target's ?
Target was produced by Joe Jackson & David Kershenbaum.