The Jig Is Up
The 77s * Track #10 On Drowning with Land in Sight
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Album Drowning with Land in Sight
The Jig Is Up Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I am a troubled man
Trouble is what I am
I am a troubled man
And I'll take all you can give me
[Pre-Chorus 1]
I walk alone
Hand in hand with my trouble
But still nobody's home
[Chorus 1]
I'm in the poorhouse forever
I'm in the doghouse forever
And ever with you
[Verse 2]
I am a simple man
Simple is what I am
I am quite simply mad
And not particularly glad to be
You were a simple friend
I complicated you, then
I lost a simple friend
All complications unending
[Pre-Chorus 2]
I think alone
I could use some good help with my thinking
It's so far from home
[Chorus 2]
I could think of you forever
I could think of us together
But never mind
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
I am a lonely man
Lonely is what I am
Heartbroken, lonely
I think of you only
Are you with me?
[Pre-Chorus 3]
I wasn't ever that smart
No, and I wasn't clever
To think I had hold of your heart
[Chorus 3]
I could break your heart forever
I could break mine and yours
Both right in two after you
[Pre-Chorus 4]
I won't go gently into that bad earth
I will fight for you with all that's in me
For all that it's worth
[Chorus 4]
Can I run to you forever?
'Cause if I can't run to you forever
How can I run to you now?
[Outro]
You live on my doorstep
Is there room in my house?
The Jig Is Up Q&A
Who wrote The Jig Is Up's ?
The Jig Is Up was written by Mark Harmon & Michael Roe.
Who produced The Jig Is Up's ?
The Jig Is Up was produced by The 77s.
What did The 77s say about "The Jig Is Up"?
In the liner notes to the 2018 reissue of Drowning with Land in Sight, Mike Roe notes that “The Jig Is Up” “may be the only 77s tune more than vaguely reminiscent of The Smiths, one of our biggest musical inspirations of the 1980s.”