Lyrics
Jack The Ripper at the Moulin Rouge
If you're frightened by the strength of genteel words
You're frightened
Hoping that the ladies won't pass you by again
Are we dreaming, no we're not
I know 'cause I'm here
We're running after the drunken man who's fallen down the stairs
He's running away as fast as he can
'Cause he just doesn't get along
He just doesn't get along
He just doesn't get along
The ladies all standing at the corner of the street
They're tired
Hoping that the gentleman will pick them up this time
Are we dreaming, no we're not
I know 'cause I'm here
We're running after the frightened man who's fallen down the stairs
He's running away as fast as he can
'Cause he doesn't know what he's done
Doesn't know what he's done
He doesn't know what he's done
He's just like Jack The Ripper at the Moulin Rouge
He's just like Jack The Ripper at the Moulin Rouge
He's just like Jack The Ripper at the Moulin Rouge
If you're frightened by the strength of genteel words...
About this song
Jack the Ripper was the Whitechapel murderer who never got caught. The single, set for release in 1978, with an instrumental version of Chuck Berry's Memphis on the B-side is pulled, because of the Yorkshire Ripper murders in Northern England. The track is included on the Seducing Down The Door compilation. Note: Jack The Ripper also re-surfaces on the IRS Anniversary album These People Are Nuts! in 1989.
Thank you: Nigel Walkey for the lyrics sheet.