Suffering Jukebox Lyrics

Lyric discussion by sickofants 

Cover art for Suffering Jukebox lyrics by Silver Jews, The

This song gets better the more attention I pay it.

"all these doubles drive the dollars and the light of day away"

That's double spirit measures. People spending their money on drink rather than the jukebox.

I agree that this is probably autobiographical, and he is probably the jukebox, which makes "suffering jukebox in a happy town" a really sad line.