Biography:
Joe Jackson (born 11 August 1954 in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK, as David Ian Jackson) is a British musician. Jackson is probably best known for the hit singles Is She Really Going Out With Him? (1979) and Steppin' Out (1982). Although born in Staffordshire, Jackson grew up in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.
He started off learning to play the violin but soon switched to piano. From the age of 16 he played in bars, and won a scholarship to study musical composition at London's Royal Academy of Music.
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I'm hitting fast forward
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Seems like we'd gotten kind of stuck
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Time to get out of town and try to
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Set the controls for sometime off in the future
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Where people will be happy instead of
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Getting dumber and getting scared-er all the time
Scared of their own shadows and scared to take a fall
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Either miserable with millions or dying for a dime
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Desperate to live forever or lucky to live at all
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And if I could see myself from
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some other planet Would I be shaking my head sadly or
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Would I be laughing Saying it's always been the same
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But anyway
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Not going back to the Age of Gold or the Age of Sin
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Fast forward till I understand the age I'm in
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And it's always the old guys bitching
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About the young guys growing beards
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Or turning into sissies or something
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While they're trying to hold back time As if that isn't weird
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Meanwhile the young guys are
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Waiting for respect when what they wanna be is cool
Cool calm and collected just as if that isn't strange
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Or they wanna blow the whistle, ring the bell and change the rules
When the game goes on forever It's just the uniforms that change
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If this is the best of times or if it's the worst
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There's some difference of opinion out there
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Everyone is a genius but no one has any friends
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Or is it the other way around
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Not going back to the Age of Gold or the Age of Sin
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Fast forward till I understand the age I'm in
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Sometimes I look at the Moon
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And I think I know just how she feels
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Going round and round us again
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As we go round the Sun
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Watching us as fools and geniuses rush in
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And you and me age disgracefully
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And have way too much fun
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And everyone knows about what's over and done
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And tied up with pretty ribbons on it
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One king after another with a mad one and a queen or two
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Thrown in for good measure and meanwhile
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We can make the future, make it every bit as clear
Make a friendly Star Trek universe, 'cause everything's allowed
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The only place that's seriously strange to be is here
And the only time that's maddeningly mysterious is now
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So I'm hitting fast forward
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F Bb F/A Gm F Eb Dm/F
Come on get on board!
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You don't wanna be late now...
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Not going back to the Age of Gold or the Age of Sin
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Fast forward till I understand the age I'm in
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I'm hitting fast forward
C/E Bm/D
Seems like we'd gotten kind of stuck
C Bb F
Time to get out of town and try to
Bb F/A Gm F Eb Dm/F
Set the controls for sometime off in the future
Eb Db
Where people will be happy instead of
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Getting dumber and getting scared-er all the time
Scared of their own shadows and scared to take a fall
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Either miserable with millions or dying for a dime
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Desperate to live forever or lucky to live at all
G D/F# Em7 Dsus2
And if I could see myself from
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some other planet Would I be shaking my head sadly or
Bb F/A Gm F Eb Dm/F Eb
Would I be laughing Saying it's always been the same
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But anyway
Ab Absus4 Ab Eb/G Ab
Not going back to the Age of Gold or the Age of Sin
F Fsus4 F C F C/E D
Fast forward till I understand the age I'm in
G D/F# Em7 Dsus2
And it's always the old guys bitching
C/E Bm/D
About the young guys growing beards
C Bb F
Or turning into sissies or something
Bb F/A Gm F Eb Dm/F
While they're trying to hold back time As if that isn't weird
Eb/G Db
Meanwhile the young guys are
Ab
Waiting for respect when what they wanna be is cool
Cool calm and collected just as if that isn't strange
F
Or they wanna blow the whistle, ring the bell and change the rules
When the game goes on forever It's just the uniforms that change
C/E D
G D/F# Em7 Dsus2 C/E Bm/D
If this is the best of times or if it's the worst
C Bb F
There's some difference of opinion out there
Bb F/A Gm F Eb Dm/F
Everyone is a genius but no one has any friends
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Or is it the other way around
Ab Absus4 Ab Eb/G Ab
Not going back to the Age of Gold or the Age of Sin
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Fast forward till I understand the age I'm in
Bm
Sometimes I look at the Moon
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And I think I know just how she feels
Gmaj7
Going round and round us again
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As we go round the Sun
Bm Abm
Watching us as fools and geniuses rush in
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And you and me age disgracefully
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And have way too much fun
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G D/F# Em7 Dsus2 C/E Bm/D
And everyone knows about what's over and done
C Bb F
And tied up with pretty ribbons on it
Bb F/A Gm F Eb Dm/F
One king after another with a mad one and a queen or two
Eb/G Db
Thrown in for good measure and meanwhile
Ab
We can make the future, make it every bit as clear
Make a friendly Star Trek universe, 'cause everything's allowed
F
The only place that's seriously strange to be is here
And the only time that's maddeningly mysterious is now
C/E D
G D/F# Em7 Dsus2 C/E Bm/D
So I'm hitting fast forward
C Bb
F Bb F/A Gm F Eb Dm/F
Come on get on board!
Eb/G Db
You don't wanna be late now...
Ab Absus4 Ab Eb/G Ab
Not going back to the Age of Gold or the Age of Sin
F Fsus4 F C F C/E D
Fast forward till I understand the age I'm in
G D/F# Em7 Dsus2 C/E Bm/D C Bb F
Bb F/A Gm F Eb Dm/F Eb/G Db
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