Cosmo Jarvis

Released: September 26, 2011

Songwriter: Cosmo Jarvis

Producer: Cosmo Jarvis

[Verse 1]
Jack lived with David
Whose brother knew a she-male
Lived with her sister
Whose father mugged a priest

He stopped with religion
An tended to his daughter
Just a chef with cancer
Who made the Christmas feast

[Verse 2]
Carved the chicken with her doctor
And the doctor's son
Who hit a boy with glasses
Whose mother had just died

She loved reading books
And walking with her eyes closed
Had a heart condition
Her husband always lied

[Chorus]
Yeah, it all comes back
To a boy named Jack
Yeah, it all comes back
To a boy named Jack

Yeah, it all comes back
To Jack...

[Verse 3]
He was sleeping with his partner
Married to a lawyer
Whose client killed his girlfriend
Who stayed in a hotel

Owned by her close friend Mary
Who feared only Jesus
Slept with just one woman
Whose nephew wasn't well

[Verse 4]
The victim of a car crash
When riding to his uncle's
To show him how he'd done at school
At just the age of nine

His best friend's name was Tom
Who never spoke a word
Except to all his soldiers
He played army all the time

[Chorus]

[Verse 5]
His father bought him presents
But just from time to time
Once he bought a helmet
From an army surplus store

It closed after two weeks
Replaced by an arcade
Stocked stuff for less than half
There was no market anymore

[Verse 6]
The old ex-owner
Was soon inside an urn
Made by a smoking potter
At the age of 82

Began to drink his whiskey
Which he stole from his neighbor
She was getting lonely
She did not know what to do

[Verse 7]
She'd telephone young Isaac
Her one and only son
Lived in Spain with his wife
Who spends all day out on the lawn

She missed her only brother
Whose girlfriend was a porn star
Whose boss was a butcher
But now he makes porn

[Verse 8]
He made his naked movies
Sold everywhere
One was bought by David
Who stared at every rack

He took it home and watched it
And then he wrote a note
'Man, you've gotta watch this'
And left it there for Jack...

Jack...
Jack...
Jack...

[Outro]
Yeah, it all comes back
To a boy named Jack
Yeah, it all comes back
To a boy named Jack

Yeah, it all comes back
To Jack...

Critic, journalist, sometime musician, onetime actor, and full-time Midwesterner Mark Deming provides a discographic-based biography for Cosmo Jarvis:

“Singer, songwriter, and filmmaker Cosmo Jarvis has earned a devoted following for his witty, often satiric tunes about the foibles of relationships and contemporary life, often rooted in personal experience, as well as his own self-produced videos and short subjects that have given his work a global online audience. Harrison Cosmo Krikoryan Jarvis was born on September 1, 1989 in Ridgewood, New Jersey. Jarvis' family relocated to the United Kingdom when he was young, and he grew up in Devon in Southwest England. Jarvis began writing songs when he was only 12 years old, around the same time he began making short films using a VHS video camera. While Jarvis' early videos were little more than documentation of pranks played with his friends, with time he began constructing more complex narratives, and similarly his songs began to evolve, ranging from folk-inspired acoustic guitar pieces and elaborate pop tunes to tongue-in-cheek hip-hop tracks.

At the age of 16, Jarvis quit school to focus on his creative work, and in 2009 he wrote and produced his debut album, an 18-song set called Humasyouhitch/Sonofabitch, which was released by the British indie label Wall of Sound. The album combined Jarvis' observational tunes with a cycle of songs reflecting the emotional turmoil of his parents' stormy relationship. Humasyouhitch/Sonofabitch received enthusiastic notices from the British music press, but it didn’t sell especially well, and Jarvis teamed with 25th Frame for his second release, Is the World Strange or Am I Strange? A track from the album, “Gay Pirates,” became an Internet sensation after Jarvis' low-budget video for the song was endorsed in a Twitter post by actor and author Stephen Fry, and subsequent airplay helped make the second album a commercial success. While continuing to tour, write songs, and record music, Jarvis has also been writing and directing a feature film, provisionally titled The Naughty Room. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi"

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