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Jam for Jerry Lyrics
You check the mirror, lock the door
You took the stairs downstairs from the third floor
You thought about her as you walked
Well did the sky open up above you in the dark
And what a note to leave with red ?
Did you know what's coming or even half know it when you left
You set the tempo, set the pace
From the top, from the start, never slightly late
Just that afternoon we talked
Getting out, stepping out, let it out, something got caught
What about the time I heard you say
Were you only joking, or only half joking when you left
[Chorus]
I get the feeling I've done
Something half wrong
It surrounds me, drowns me in it
If I could change it I would
If only I could
You can quote me, hold me to it
We dropped the records at the #solsea
Writing numbers on our hands free
Called the cops, called the cops
Call a friend, call a relative still in the dark
Come in seconds flat
Call ahead to check in call ahead to ask them where they're at
[Chorus: x3]
You took the stairs downstairs from the third floor
You thought about her as you walked
Well did the sky open up above you in the dark
Did you know what's coming or even half know it when you left
From the top, from the start, never slightly late
Just that afternoon we talked
Getting out, stepping out, let it out, something got caught
Were you only joking, or only half joking when you left
I get the feeling I've done
Something half wrong
It surrounds me, drowns me in it
If I could change it I would
If only I could
You can quote me, hold me to it
Writing numbers on our hands free
Called the cops, called the cops
Call a friend, call a relative still in the dark
Call ahead to check in call ahead to ask them where they're at
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You checked the mail and locked the door You took the stairs downstairs from the third floor You thought about her as you walked Well did the sky open up above you in the dark
And what a note to leave with rent Did you know what's coming or even half know it when you left
You set the tempo, set the pace From the top, from the start, never slightly late Just that afternoon we talked Getting out, stepping out, let it out, something got caught
What about the time I heard you say Were you only joking, or only half joking when you left
Chorus:
I get the feeling I've done Something half wrong It surrounds me and drowns me in it If I could change it I would If only I could You can quote me and hold me to it
We dropped our records at the scene Writing numbers on our hands, gotten that at least Called the cops, called the car Call a friend, call a relative still in the dark
Took the bridge in seconds flat Call ahead to check in call ahead to ask them where they're at
Chorus (2X) You can quote me and hold me You can quote me (3X) You can quote (2X) You can hold me (3X) You can hold can hold me
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Correction.. Writing numbers on our hands, out of batteries
i think its, "writing numbers on our hands, counting out the beats"
holy ghost are primarily djs. after the drop off the records at the venue, they plan their set, they write the beats per minute of songs they want to play on their hands to facilitate easy beat matching. i suppose they could be writing phone numbers on their hands because their phone is out of batteries, but following the "drop the records" line, i think the DJ reference fits better
i also always thought it was "took the bridge and said goodbye", referring to a parting of ways with jerry, who died in brooklyn, and if they were all together in lower manhattan, took the williamsburg bridge to the party where he perished.
"what a note to leave with rent" i thought was "what a note to leave with friends", but i think jerry and the holy ghost guys were roommates, so that makes sense.
easy favorite track on the record.
Jerry Fuchs was a drummer who played with lots of DFA records artists (Holy Ghost!'s label). He died while trying to jump out of a broken elevator. Article here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Fuchs