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dr. jekyll
and mr. Hyde
a real nice guy with a na na n-na nasty side
in trouble
he tried to hide from himself
good gawd
sad man
couldn't face up to the yin and the yang
everybody
all of us got a shadow
who knows what lurks in the hearts of men
the shadow knows
we become what we do not what we pretend
between the intention and the expression
between the emotion and the response
falls the shadow
sometimes I fail to follow through
on things that I want to do
other times I find myself doing the very things I hate.
Reverend jimmy
and Tammy belle
big time pumpers with a story to tell
wait a minute
their fingers pointing at you
pay attention
listen up
don't try to deny it or cover it up
everybody
all of us got a shadow
and mr. Hyde
a real nice guy with a na na n-na nasty side
in trouble
he tried to hide from himself
good gawd
sad man
couldn't face up to the yin and the yang
everybody
all of us got a shadow
the shadow knows
we become what we do not what we pretend
between the emotion and the response
falls the shadow
on things that I want to do
other times I find myself doing the very things I hate.
and Tammy belle
big time pumpers with a story to tell
wait a minute
their fingers pointing at you
pay attention
listen up
don't try to deny it or cover it up
everybody
all of us got a shadow
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"Reverend Jimmy" is a reference to Jim and Tammy Fae Bakker, two TV preachers who were caught putting their donations to lavish personal use. Jim Bakker also was having an affair with his secretary.
This song also references "The Hollow Men" by T.S. Eliot - from part V:
Between the idea And the reality Between the motion And the act Falls the Shadow
For Thine is the Kingdom
Between the conception And the creation Between the emotion And the response Falls the Shadow
Life is very long
Between the desire And the spasm Between the potency And the existence Between the essence And the descent Falls the Shadow For Thine is the Kingdom
For Thine is Life is For Thine is the
This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper.
Finally, The Shadow was a radio drama (later a movie) whose opening began "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men - The Shadow knows!"