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Housewives trying to recapture their youth
By wearing floral print and suede
Fixing their hairdos with PC, chemical-free hairspray
Martha Stewart taught them to make on TV
I was raised a farmgirl
I'm too far from home, all alone on the road
Trying to figure out who I am now the the stardust has turned to sand
And the sand has turned to stone on the starmaking machine
I'm 31 years old
That ain't the end but it sure ain't where I began
And my daddy, he wrote songs and he broke colts
And he went back to school to get a degree
Now he teachs music to kids, he taught music to me
And this Alaskan girl was living in Stephenville, Texas
Yes, you guessed it, I moved here because I fell in love with a man
And I moved his ex-old lady's things out of the closet
The same closet I had to move my things back in
It didn't make me feel that great, as if to demonstrate
Everything's temporary given enough time
But hey, I've got nothing to lose
I'm a singer for crowds, I'm a writer of songs
Hey Mom, look, I'm an entertainer
I'm a modern day troubadour trying to find justice with six strings
Trying to make the world make sense out of me
Trying to be loved completely, trying to love honestly
Trying to find a decent high noon cup of tea
In another shitty hotel
I'm trying to listen to the leaves speak
Trying to steal secrets from fishes in the creek
Trying to figure out who I am
A singer, a pretty bad cook, maybe a good mom
What will it be?
And I'm 31 years old
That ain't the end but it sure ain't where I began
I'm trying to figure out who I am
But there's no hand to hold, no Doctor Martin Luther King
There's just syncophants
And the mindlessness on TV or in the magazines
On the latest ways to behave
So why not follow me, the blond bombshell deity?
I'll sell you neat ideas without big words
And a little bit of cleavage to help wash it all down
Hey, everybody thought Godard was a clown
And that ain't gonna be me
And I'm 31 years old
That ain't the end but it sure ain't where I began
And I'm 31 years old
That ain't the end but it sure ain't where I began
I guess that just makes it Stephenville, Texas
By wearing floral print and suede
Fixing their hairdos with PC, chemical-free hairspray
Martha Stewart taught them to make on TV
I was raised a farmgirl
I'm too far from home, all alone on the road
Trying to figure out who I am now the the stardust has turned to sand
And the sand has turned to stone on the starmaking machine
That ain't the end but it sure ain't where I began
And he went back to school to get a degree
Now he teachs music to kids, he taught music to me
And this Alaskan girl was living in Stephenville, Texas
Yes, you guessed it, I moved here because I fell in love with a man
And I moved his ex-old lady's things out of the closet
The same closet I had to move my things back in
It didn't make me feel that great, as if to demonstrate
Everything's temporary given enough time
But hey, I've got nothing to lose
I'm a singer for crowds, I'm a writer of songs
Hey Mom, look, I'm an entertainer
I'm a modern day troubadour trying to find justice with six strings
Trying to make the world make sense out of me
Trying to be loved completely, trying to love honestly
Trying to find a decent high noon cup of tea
In another shitty hotel
I'm trying to listen to the leaves speak
Trying to steal secrets from fishes in the creek
Trying to figure out who I am
A singer, a pretty bad cook, maybe a good mom
What will it be?
That ain't the end but it sure ain't where I began
But there's no hand to hold, no Doctor Martin Luther King
There's just syncophants
And the mindlessness on TV or in the magazines
On the latest ways to behave
So why not follow me, the blond bombshell deity?
I'll sell you neat ideas without big words
And a little bit of cleavage to help wash it all down
Hey, everybody thought Godard was a clown
And that ain't gonna be me
That ain't the end but it sure ain't where I began
And I'm 31 years old
That ain't the end but it sure ain't where I began
I guess that just makes it Stephenville, Texas
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I like the biographical content, however, I think this is an odd song.
And my daddy, he wrote songs and he broke colts And he went back to school to get a degree Now he teachs music to kids, he taught music to me And this Alaskan girl was living in Stephenville, Texas Yes, you guessed it, I moved here because I fell in love with a man And I moved his ex-old lady's things out of the closet The same closet I had to move my things back in It didn't make me feel that great, as if to demonstrate Everything's temporary given enough time
i love that bit
this is NOT an odd song, its a great mixture of folk and country, one of the best on her new album.
I love Jewel's humor and bluntness about herself in this song! It's great. Very good song.
I love this song!
The best part of this song is her frankness in her self-critique.
"So why not follow me, the blond bombshell deity? I'll sell you neat ideas without big words And a little bit of cleavage to help wash it all down"
I'm a die hard Jewel fan and this burns--but it burns because its the truth. Very insightful.
But I've never figured out the next verse: "Hey, everybody thought Godard was a clown And that ain't gonna be me"
Godard was a French director. He made very well respected movies. A clown? I don't get it.
I think it is supposed to be "Goddard" instead of "Godard" (..I think it's pronounced the same.) But this was the ex-wife of Charlie Chaplain, Paulette Goddard, who was a very successful actress in many Chaplain productions, and others.. throughout her later career, she was criticized for her comedy roles as being somewhat 'clownish' and not really funny. She was married to several other male actors, and they all seemed to follow the same pattern of trying to manipulate her and exploit her talents, to which she often obliged.. Jewel is saying 'everyone thought Goddard was a clown, that ain't...
I think it is supposed to be "Goddard" instead of "Godard" (..I think it's pronounced the same.) But this was the ex-wife of Charlie Chaplain, Paulette Goddard, who was a very successful actress in many Chaplain productions, and others.. throughout her later career, she was criticized for her comedy roles as being somewhat 'clownish' and not really funny. She was married to several other male actors, and they all seemed to follow the same pattern of trying to manipulate her and exploit her talents, to which she often obliged.. Jewel is saying 'everyone thought Goddard was a clown, that ain't gonna be me.'
beautiful...quite simply...