Lyrics for Jumpin Jack Flash as interpreted by oofus

Jumpin Jack Flash Lyrics
I was born in a cross-fire hurricane
And I howled at my ma in the driving rain
But it's all right now, in fact it's a gas
But it's all right, I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash
It's a gas, gas, gas

I was raised by a toothless, bearded hag
I was schooled with a strap right across my back
But it's all right now, in fact it's a gas
But it's all right, I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash
It's a gas, gas, gas

I was drowned, I was washed up and left for dead
I fell down to my feet and saw they bled
I frowned at the crumbs and a crust of bread
I was crowned with a spike right through my head
But it's all right now, in fact it's a gas
But it's all right, I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash
It's a gas, gas, gas
Jumpin' Jack Flash, it's a gas

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amilia
05-18-2002

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heard it was about jesus



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mhhinch
05-23-2002

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more likely about the devil, but no matter, it is a classic whoever it is about

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Cake
07-14-2002

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Jack Flash is a slang term for heroin. The song is about a guy turning to heroin to forget about the pain he's suffering in life. He doesn't really care anymore because the drugs have numbed him.

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jumpin_jack_flash
08-30-2002

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i can say in relative confidence, that the song jumpin jack flash was when keith and mick where in keiths redlands mansion and keiths gardner, Jack Dyer walked past the window at 6am, schwelching loudly with his soaking boots on the path, mick was startled and keith explained it was "Jumpin Jack" and that night they laid down the base for the classic song. As regards a heroin perspective, this perhaps may be a side meaning, at a later stage... but that is how the song was created originally.

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ilikefood
07-07-2003

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i could be wrong but um, isn't this a grateful dead song?

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bongo
05-17-2004

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its by the stones you idiot, 2 seconds of research would've saved you looking this stupid

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rockinkirbie
10-11-2004

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also, it was storming out when they were writing this song, no?

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phantompenguin
11-01-2004

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I sincerely hope it's not about heroin...

Jack Wilson, Pittsburgh Pirates All-Star shortstop and avid anti-drug "activist" uses it as his batting intro and has the nickname, "Jumping Jack Flash."

I love the song, the intro is one of my all time favorites regardless.

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isabellahelsing
11-11-2004

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yeah, it is about the gardener, i read it in a stones book...this may be why, every time they perform this song, petals and water are thrown out to the audience.

people need to stop overanalyzing these simple songs...heroine, yeah...just like "abc" by the jackson five is about devil-worshipping...

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Philadelphia Eagles
11-16-2004

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It;s about heroin ;)

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Rollingstonesrock
11-23-2004

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I could believe this song is about Jesus. "I was crowned with a spike right through my head"(crown of thorns) But the story about Keith and Mick is also pretty promising. I don't think it's about heroin. But i love the song!

\\//PEACE

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JumpyJack
11-30-2004

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The gardener thing is what I read too. Never know--it could be something they made up. It's a great song--Keith's favorite. The guitar riff in this song is basically the same as Satisfaction which was purely a Keith Richards invention. No one disputes that yet Bill Wyman still cries that he wrote the JJF riff.

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OpinionHead
12-16-2004

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I love this song...I thought it was about a rabbit jumping over a candlestick.

:P

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KurdtTBO
12-20-2004

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They invented a character named jumpin jack flash then tell his story. They give him attributes similar to other historicl figures in order to bolster his greatness and give him a big mystique. They know that jack flash is heroin, but the song isn't literally about heroin. its something called a metaphor. song writers use it but its mostly used in literature. Its where they attribute the characteristics of one thing toa completely nuther thing. In this case, they make up this character named Jumpin' Jack flash, give him a bunch of amazingly legendary characteristics, make him out to be some kind of amazing guy that can't die and cant goes through hell and still keeps on ticking. So he isn't literally jesus, he is just given jesus like attributes to express the legendary status theyre trying to, you know, build him up with. He's freeking Jumpin' Jack Flash. Need I say more?

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script kiddie
12-28-2004

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abuse enabling decepetion

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OpinionHead
01-10-2005

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I think the line about Jack Flash sitting on a candlestick in the song "American Pie" is about Mick Jagger and the Stones.

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isabellahelsing
01-15-2005

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also, i always thought it was about not worrying about the horrible yet trivial things in life, because they'll all be over in a second and you might not even remember them in the future. i dunno, maybe i'm overanalyzing it

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Souperman55
03-02-2005

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but it's all right now, in fact, it's a gas. yeah, song goes great to the end of fear and loathing too. i was unsure of who this song was by just because it wasn't on the movie's soundtrack cd, but it's pretty obvious that it's the stones. and who gives a shit what it's about man, it's kind of a song where there doesn't really need to be a meaning.

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coo2kachoo
04-12-2005

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I wish I was Keith Richard's gardener with my boots full of millionares mud and a head full of stories

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JumpyJack
05-28-2005

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You crack me up cooter. Mind if I call you cooter? Or should I call you Walrus?

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schwingrocker
06-23-2005

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I probably sound really stupid but what does it's a gas mean? I belive it means that it's a fun time or something... please correct me if i am wrong

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lozz588
07-21-2005

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right, it was about the gardener, they were in their house which was actually an old castle or something and they stayed up late trying to write a song and the gardener walked by the widow at like 5 30 in the morning and they created the character and made up a story for him. They almost give him impish qualties.

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DOGbreath
07-26-2005

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what a fukin cool gardener

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1730DTLA
09-18-2005

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I'm an artist and I've pulled a few fat ones off in my time quite by accident. So I can accept that the most mundane crap can be stuck together to make an accidental hit at times, but "Gardener"?

The hurricane and howling at a mom all day doesn't say, "lawnmower man" to me. Sorry. Unless Lucifer did their lawn? Maybe that was it! Was the B-Side to this single, "Satan Is My Grounds Keeper"? In fact, I could stomach the lot of them shooting up heroin with Legion before I could take "Gardener". "Getting High With Satan" was probably the track's original name, based on what I hear about Keith Richards and his outworldly drug repertoire at that time. I've been told Keith did more drugs than there WERE in the 60s.

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Big Worm
12-20-2005

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Gas = meaning:

That song was a real gas! means it was wild etc etc.

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