Thank You for Hearing Me: The Definitive Sinéad O'Connor Discography

“Jump in the River”

Composed by Sinéad O'Connor/Marco Pirroni

6 versions

4:03 early version

Married to the Mob soundtrack album
Jump in the River” single

7:22 (as "Jump in the River (feat. Karen Finley)")

Jump in the River” single

4:15 7" version

Jump in the River” single
Nothing Compares 2 U” single

4:12

Nothing Compares 2 U” single
I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got album
Essential compilation album
I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got (limited edition) album
Essential compilation album
Alle 30 Goed compilation album
Trente Hits Incontournables compilation album
All the Best compilation album

4:11 instrumental

Nothing Compares 2 U” single
I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got album

5:22 live October 1990

Year of the Horse live video
The Value of Ignorance / The Year of the Horse live DVD reissue

Lyrics

(Source: I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got)

The phone calls
Always left me unsure.
They'd never say things of their own accord.
I am preoccupied,
I can't them out of my mind,
They are terrified.
And if you said, "jump in the river," I would
Because it would probably be a good idea.
You're not supposed to be here at all,
It' s all been a gorgeous mistake.
Sick one or clean one,
The best one
That God ever made.
When I kissed you,
You didn't mind.
I thought I tasted of too many cigarettes,
But you tasted like wine.
And I'm not going to change my mind
Just because of what they said.
The worms has laid eggs in their hearts,
But not in my head.
And if you said, "jump in the river," I would
Because it would probably be a good idea.
You're not supposed to be here at all,
It' s all been a gorgeous mistake.
Sick one or clean one,
The best one
That God ever made.
There's been days like this before, you know,
And I liked it all,
Like the times we did it so hard
There was blood on the wall.
And if you said, "jump in the river," I would
Because it would probably be a good idea.

Musicians

(Source: I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got)

Sinéad O'Connor vocals , drum programming , electric guitar , keyboards
Andy Rourke bass , acoustic guitar

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