(I'll Be Your) Jack In The Box

Music by: John Worsley
Lyrics by: David Myers

© 19??

Stop - don't say you'll put me down 
Love - don't go away 
Drop my feet back on the ground 
Open your arms, let me stay 
  
Hold me like you know you should 
Don't leave me on the shelf 
Like a doll you throw away 
So sad and lonely all by myself 
  
I'm just your Jack-in-the-Box 
You know whenever love knocks 
I'm gonna bounce up and down on my spring 
A toy used up when it stops 
I'm just your Jack-in-the-Box 
Because for your love I'd do anything 
  
Who just keeps my heart around? 
Loves to pull the strings? 
You - and when it's upside down 
Look at the way that it swings 
  
I can't help the way I feel 
It's you and no one else 
Comes the tune, but all too soon 
I'm just a doll put back on the shelf 
  
I'm just your Jack-in-the-Box 
You know whenever love knocks 
I'm gonna bounce up and down on my spring 
A toy used up when it stops 
I'm just your Jack-in-the-Box 
Because for your love I'd do anything 
  
La la la la la la la... 
La la la la la la la... 
La la la la la la la la la la... 
La la la la la la la... 
La la la la la la la... 
La la la la la la la la la la... 
  
Hey, hear what I say 
You'll find someday that I walked away from you 
So say I've got to stay 
And from today it's love that's gonna break through 
  
I'm just your Jack-in-the-Box 
You know whenever love knocks 
I'm gonna bounce up and down on my spring 
A toy used up when it stops 
I'm just your Jack-in-the-Box 
Because for your love I'd do anything 
  
Hey hey...  

Notes:

• Hit version by Clodagh Rodgers (UK #4, 1971)

Elton John Sources:

• August 1969 to August 1970 "soundalike" cover version.