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I'm only a woman
Of flesh and bone
And I weigh too much
We all do
I thought I might die alone
But I had never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never met you
So baby be good to me
I got nothing to give you, you see
Except everything, everything, everything, everything
All the good and the bad
'Cause I've been bad
I've lied, cheated, and stolen and been ungrateful for what I've have
And I'm afraid habits rule my waking life
And I'm scored and I'm running in my sleep for you but all of the oceans and rivers and showers should wash it all away and make me new for you
'Cause I never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never met you
So let's take a loan and I'll put it down on a house in
A place we've never lived
In a place that exist in the pages of scripts and the songs that they sing
And all of the beautiful things that make you weep but don't have to make you weep
'Cause I never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, loved somebody the way I loved you
Of flesh and bone
And I weigh too much
We all do
I thought I might die alone
So baby be good to me
I got nothing to give you, you see
Except everything, everything, everything, everything
All the good and the bad
I've lied, cheated, and stolen and been ungrateful for what I've have
And I'm afraid habits rule my waking life
And I'm scored and I'm running in my sleep for you but all of the oceans and rivers and showers should wash it all away and make me new for you
A place we've never lived
In a place that exist in the pages of scripts and the songs that they sing
And all of the beautiful things that make you weep but don't have to make you weep
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It's a pretty straightforward song- Jenny is just kind of spilling her heart out in the lyrics about her love. And according to Blake, she recorded this one naked in the studio (to give her vocals that 'completely exposed and vulnerable' feel to the song). It works.
I love this song so much. Sometimes when they play it live, it's just Jenny playing it on the piano, which is awesome. Definetly one of my favorites from More Adventurous.
I absolutely love this song. Its got a great feel to it. I think Jenny's voice is just beautiful and this song really showcases it.
this song is my favorite to sing to my boyfriend yeah, i'm lame.
Oh, what a lovely song. This new album is pretty lovely, this song being a great example of the better songs on it. I love the du-wop (sp?) feel of it.
different type of song for Rilo Kiley yet the lyrics are beautiful and the beat makes it unique and one of my favorites on the new album.
lovely.
did you guys read that one article in spin about rilo kiley by andy greenwald? apparently jenny was in the booth naked for 'i never' so that the song would be more revealing
this song is so beautiful, the lyrics are amazing.
Agree with Drucifer - it's a pretty straightforward song and clearly intends to evoke some retro genre of classic white soul/pop music. The music and lyrics are a little too schmaltzy for me, like a lot of what's on this particular album (Execution of all Things is far superior in my opinion), BUT Jenny's voice and persona pulls this together so well that I think this one actually works, as much as I might hate to admit it. I'm not sure anyone else could actually do this without it all deteriorating into a Celion Dion-like mess of pop goo.