J Church Lyric Book: J

Jane, Vanessa And I / Jazz Butcher On A Work Night / J Church Sucks / Jennifer Jason Leigh / Just What I Needed

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 0-9

Jane, Vanessa, And I

Available on One Mississippi LP/CD

Jane, Vanessa And I,
I, being Jean Seaberg,
Isolated in time,
Living intellectual crime,
Everybody's got a job to do,
From "Barbarella" to "Paint Your Wagon",
Stupid films from stupid minds,
Isolated in time

Nobody talks about it,
Nobody wants to know,
How can you see what isn't shown?
Nobody talks about it,
Nobody takes the blame,
You can't negotiate with shame

Jane, Vanessa And I,
I, the only physical victim,
Bring me my enemies,
List them alphabetically,
The FBI are no friends of mine,
Nobody told me that it was a crime,
You've got the guns, we've got the time,
Not "Breathless" but sublime

Nobody talks about it,
Nobody wants to know,
How can you see what isn't shown?
Nobody talks about it,
Nobody takes the blame,
You can't negotiate with shame

Jazz Butcher On A Work Night

Available on Palestine CD.

Four dollars a pint,
I went home broke but barely alive,
A greasy order of fries for my unintentional appetite,
Against my better judgement,
I went to the gig and loved it,
Psychic tractor beams draw me home

You know how these things get done,
Not everybody does that

Camper Van was alive,
But only for a limited time,
The collated lines,
The Roxy opens at any time,
When I finally heard it,
It never sounded so perfect,
I can't stand what you do,
But I'm in love with your eyes

But I did think that when I saw you,
That doesn't mean I'd die for you

I call you,
You call me,
I ask you,
Why ask me?
You drive me quite crazy,
What is this?
You tell me

We went through Saturday,
And not everybody did that,
'Cause you made it Saturday,
Ooh, and I shan't forget you

J Church Sucks

Available on One Mississippi LP/CD

Everything was going seemingly as planned,
Until we ran out of money in Amsterdam,
22 gigs in 44 days,
Everyone laughed at our naiveté

Well I'm never doing that again, oh no,
Got no money and fewer friends, oh no

Drinking too much the night before,
Spent the next day on the bathroom floor,
Throwing up between vocal takes,
No one bought our first album anyway

Well I'm never doing that again, oh no,
Got no money and fewer friends, oh no

Everything was going seemingly as planned,
Until someone had a talk with the immigration man,
The man said, "These three have got to go home",
So I was stuck in Tokyo all alone

Well I'm never doing that again, oh no,
I've got no money and fewer friends, oh no

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Available on Soul Patch And Cho Chos CD, The Precession Of Simulacra 10"/CDEP. Each line is repeated four times.

The interviewer asked,
Why I play so many victims,
Meaning prostitutes,
But I never thought of them as victims,
Meaning prostitutes,
Why I play so many victims,
The interviewer asked

Just What I Needed

Available on Seishun Zankoku Monogatari CD, Split 7" with Flamingo 50. Lyrics not yet available. Original version by The Cars.