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See Fernando Lyrics

I wear a ponytail like a waterfall
Loudspeaker or landslide
I have a room key and a Johnny
A good buzz, feeling all right
Pitch a tent, pop a top
Forget about what you ain't got
See the sites, sleep until night
Stamp your feet, turn out the lights

If you want to go where they chain up the sun
See Fernando, see Fernando
He'll buy a bottle of suds for you and everyone
See Fernando, see Fernando

If you're high strung or stressed out
Down in the dumps, been turned out
Stabilized, motorized, insecure or fableized
Curious or furious, picked apart like Prometheus
Legalized, penalized, simplify, dry out your eyes

If you want to go where they chain up the sun
See Fernando, see Fernando
He'll buy a bottle of suds for you and everyone
See Fernando, see Fernando

You've been Jezebeled, back from hell
Cooling off, feeling well
Tired of talking, talked out
Ticked off or toughed up
Too talled or backed up
Haven't made your mind up
Tbd'd or tb'd
Tired of falling to your knees

If you want to go where they chain up the sun
See Fernando, see Fernando
He'll buy a bottle of suds for you and everyone
See Fernando, see Fernando

And if you want to go where they chain up the sun
See Fernando, see Fernando
He'll buy a bottle of suds for you and everyone
See Fernando, see Fernando
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Cover art for See Fernando lyrics by Jenny Lewis

This song is about being over exposed, and learning to let it go, in different ways.

Cover art for See Fernando lyrics by Jenny Lewis

It's interesting how a few lyric inconsistencies change the meaning of this song, heh.

"He'll buy, bottle the suns for you and everyone." turned out to be incorrect, as was "DVDed or TVed." I corrected them from Jenny's site with the official lyrics.

Cover art for See Fernando lyrics by Jenny Lewis

That aside, I think this song is actually about someone who's let go of their religion.

This person "tired of falling to their knees" to pray, and tired of talking about it. Now they've let loose and are living a carefree life, hence the narrator (or Jenny) tells them to go see Fernando, "he'll buy a bottle of suds for you and everyone."

Cover art for See Fernando lyrics by Jenny Lewis

i would have thought it was you're classic "come to the disco" kinda song. You know, get all dressed up, forget about your problems and go out sorta thing. chain up the sun= disco ball? maybe!

Cover art for See Fernando lyrics by Jenny Lewis

I like to think of Fernando in this song as a personification the San Fernando Valley.

My Interpretation

Think that's the point - it's like one of those old place ads, "See [insert city name]". So if you're not paying attention closely, you'll think the songs about a place, when in reality it's about her dealer.

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Cover art for See Fernando lyrics by Jenny Lewis

jenny said this song was about a dealer

funny thing, she performed this song at a show with kids once, look for the youtube video :D

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Cover art for See Fernando lyrics by Jenny Lewis

Fernando was the name of the teddy bear on the "Golden Girls" episode she was on as a kid. Not saying that's related, but it's interesting anyway.