I've been waiting for so long to get out of this box
You forgot that I was here, a thousand ticking clocks
Start the music, pick me up and hold me in your hands
I'll smile for you and make you glad

'Cause I'm a jack-in-the-box
I've got a spring inside
I'm laughing at everything
Surprise
Jack-in-the-box
I'm a silly clown
My painted smile's peeling
Can you see me frown?

Now I'm broken, now I'm stuck, so throw me away
Go and find another toy and play, play, play
Memories in my plastic mind that nobody will ever find
Sitting in the garbage pile, and still, I smile

Jack-in-the-box
I've got a spring inside
I'm laughing at everything
Surprise
Jack-in-the-box
I'm the silly clown
My smile's peeling
Now they see me frown
Jack-in-the-box is broken
You threw me away
Go ahead and throw it away, he doesn't work anymore