repeat these three lines three times   Jack talked   Jack talked like   Jack talked like a man on fire   (Man on fire!)         Jack talked like a man on fire and his eyes moved like two shiny steel ball bearings   And when they moved the ground beneath him shook and split open   No one got too close to Jack but Jack never got too close anyway   And when he dreamed, his ears drooled thirty-weight engine oil         He took personality tests   And stapled them to his lower lip   No one ever came out on a visit with Jack   But Jack never visited anybody anyway         Chorus repeat          Jack made false contributions to charity telethons   Jack made crank phone calls to elected officials   His arms shook and his legs twitched and his tongue darted out of his mouth every few seconds   And when it did it touched the tip of his nose         And when it touched the tip of his nose   He yelled out as loud as he could   "I have artistic sensibility,   I am a damn good risk,   I am the messenger and here is the message"