I know a girl who thinks of ghosts
She'll make you breakfast
She'll make you toast
But she don't use butter
And she don't use cheese
She don't use jelly
Or any of these
She uses Vaseline
Vaseline
Vaseline

And I know a guy who goes to shows
When he's at home and he blows his nose
He don't use tissues or his sleeve
He don't use napkins or any of these
He uses magazines
Magazines
Magazines
Magazines

I know a girl who reminds me of Cher
She's always changing
The color of her hair
But she don't use nothing
That you buy at the store
She likes her hair to be real orange
She uses tangerines
Tangerines
Tangerines
Tangerines
Tangerines
Tangerines


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She Don't Use Jelly Lyrics as written by Ronald Jones Michael Ivins

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    I think that eternal sunshine was influenced by this song...charlie kaufman's one of those scriptwriters that employs a lot of weird influences- and also in that movie they mention The Clash- so it's entirely probable.

    The first verse could be about sex in the morning. She "Makes toast" but she doesn't use butter or jelly- kind of a weird thought but yeah. The first verse is about sex in the morning. And the rest is probably about being poor. Or jerking off. Whatever you like to think about in your free time

    Schizimaon December 18, 2005   Link

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