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My friend Jack eats sugarlumps
My friend Jack eats sugarlumps
Oh, what beautiful things he sees
Oh, what beautiful things he sees

He's on a voyage across an ocean
Waves off his mind, sense and motion
Lost in a wonderland of colour and of sound

My friend Jack eats sugarlumps
My friend Jack eats sugarlumps
Oh, what beautiful things he sees
Oh, what beautiful things he sees

He's seeing things he can't imagine
Landscapes and sound revealing to him
More than a million shapes the eye could never see

Can't you see how happy he is?
Nothing seems to put him down
People think that he's just crazy
He's the weirdest cap in town

My friend Jack eats sugarlumps
My friend Jack eats sugarlumps
Oh, what beautiful things he sees
Oh, what beautiful things he sees

He's on a voyage across an ocean
Waves off his mind, sense and motion
Lost in a wonderland of colour and of sound

My friend Jack eats sugarlumps
My friend Jack eats sugarlumps
Oh, what beautiful things he sees
Oh, what beautiful things he sees

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oliviaka On Feb 06, 2021

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My Friend Jack [1976]

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My friend Jack eats sugarlumps
My friend Jack eats sugarlumps
Oh, what beautiful things he sees
Oh, what beautiful things he sees

He's on a voyage across an ocean
Waves off his mind, sense and motion
Lost in a wonderland of colour and of sound

My friend Jack eats sugarlumps
My friend Jack eats sugarlumps
Oh, what beautiful things he sees
Oh, what beautiful things he sees

He's seeing things he can't imagine
Landscapes and sound revealing to him
More than a million shapes the eye could never see

Can't you see how happy he is?
Nothing seems to put him down
People think that he's just crazy
He's the weirdest cap in town

My friend Jack eats sugarlumps
My friend Jack eats sugarlumps
Oh, what beautiful things he sees
Oh, what beautiful things he sees

He's on a voyage across an ocean
Waves off his mind, sense and motion
Lost in a wonderland of colour and of sound

My friend Jack eats sugarlumps
My friend Jack eats sugarlumps
Oh, what beautiful things he sees
Oh, what beautiful things he sees

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Cover art for My Friend Jack [Alternate Version] lyrics by Smoke, The

by Oliviaka

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Until yesterday morning, I did not notice that there are actually 2 versions of The Smoke's recording. They have different lyrics except the "My friend Jack eats sugar lumps" part in the chorus.

The first version has a chorus that goes "Oh, what beautiful things he sees/Oh, what beautiful things he sees", this one has been banned because of an allusion to LSD.
The second version has a chorus that goes "Sugarman hasn't got a care/He's been travelling everywhere" and that one was released in the UK after the BBC banned it.

While listening to the 2015 compilation "Beach Party" (compiled by Georges Lang, RTL), on the CD 4, it's the second version that appears on it, whereas in Georges' radio shows "Beach Party" and "La Collection", it's the first version that he airs. I found it odd...

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