And below are lyrics and music from my first album "Idiot Savant". You can listen to mp3 samples for five of the songs by clicking these links:
rootbeer barrel eyes (hear mp3 sample)
words and music by julene jones
why are your arms so hirsute she said
why does your hair smell like Pez
those veins and lines look like a relief map
must be because you're old she said
must be because you're old
but your eyes . . . they are like velvet
smooth as pie
like rootbeer barrels shining in the sky
what are those spots on your face she said
why can't you wash them away
the polish on your toenails
well it's been chipping for days and days and days
there's a run in your stocking or didn't you care
there's glue on your skirt
and a big fat booger in your hair
coffee and a cigarette (hear mp3 sample)
words and music by jeret ochi
been together for a long time
and i wonder how you still are mine
been together through the thick and thin
do you remember when . . .
isn't it funny how we both met
over coffee and a cigarette
and as the days go by, you're with me all the time
it almost seems i've always known you
and i know just what to say to you
don't you know we've come a long way
and i'm here to stay
see jane sink (hear mp3 sample)
words and music by julene jones
stand under your tree
leaves rain down on me
you're a child so tiny and weak
but you are not alone
no you are not alone
it's a new day i see
why hold on to your iniquity
so afraid to let it go
but you are not alone
no you are not alone
swim like a storm you can't be too quick
now see jane sink
nose to the stone it's out of your eyes
you must give it to him
lie awake in the light
contemplating your plight
what's tomorrow path unknown
but you are not alone
no you are not alone
flailing in the shadows
i see something mighty
i have followed the world
it's time to bring me back please
idiot savant (hear mp3 sample)
words by julene jones
music by julene jones and scott wheatley
pain you yesterday swallow me today
i vie for a place in time through the looking glass of faith
fragile as you are . . . bid the child a turn
the timeline takes its course . . . the memories lay in burn
idiot savant . . . you crack the ice upon which you walk
idiot savant . . . you can't be sure of what you don't want
pace the fate now . . . rising so high
inside the arena . . . feel your pleasure die
be the earth so deep . . . rushing past your eyes
i thought it was mine to keep
pain you yesterday a mottled stream of gray
i vie for a place in time through the looking glass of faith
fade so fast (hear mp3 sample)
words and music by julene jones
didn't i tell you not to wear that skirt
didn't you follow my directions
didn't i tell you that the rules came first
didn't you consider your decision
you did not believe that i could run away
thought that i would be here
forever and ever
you thought you'd have your way
say good-bye now dear
fade so fast . . . quiet down
preciousness takes up little time
so little time
how did i smash my head onto the floor
how did you survive your operation
how did i take my sled without you there
how did you stifle your elation
evil knievel
words and music by julene jones
when i grow up i want to be Evil Knievel
fly through the air, hope i don't miss
but broken bones must be better than this
time of mine, here in this place
a stranger has my name, please show me the way
eight times four, Henry Thoreaux, they mean nothing to me
no nothing to me, because i'm
Evil Knievel, solid as steel
stronger than this invasion of pythagorean
the pavement ahead is so sweet to me
so much better than anything else i could be
things will be great, i just know
i hear the crowd roar in my ear
why must i be in this place of waste
adding for nothing, how much more can i take
this lined white paper looks much better as
a paper airplane with a higher aim
sometimes i like poems and that book was okay
but they are nothing compared to . . .
six million dollar christian
words and music by julene jones
reap in the benefit of sin
after all it's your life
make your days hell on this earth
then go to hell when you die
six million dollar Christian
why can't you be
you're just another Laodicean
I'll spit you far, so far away from me
steep in the beautiful spin
you could get lucky tonight
empty eyes in clothes that don't breathe
take the bait and bite
derelictus drill your infection
you said you'd watch over me
beautiful flat line fashion
is the baby that i seek
witness
words and music by julene jones
witness of me, lend me your ear
be afraid of your tongue
no telling what you'll hear
time and time and time again
sucked into your blood
take your crooked frame
dirty hair and drunk with love
you made your own bed now you may sleep
you may sleep and steep
roll over roll away
my soul i prayed to keep
run sugar run and don't turn away
let the spirit draw you closer
take my hand, be not afraid
don't let yourself drift further
fill me up with nothing, make me fall again
drowning in your flame, freedom is your sin
writhe and writhe, oh Anna
your trouble soothes me
wait until the dawn, don't decide before you see
you were the one that Jorel couldn't find
a supergirl with a faithless mind
cute
words and music by julene jones
do i look cute enough for you
do i look cute enough to make you stay
do you pass my leukemia test
i think that you would fade and blow away
what do i have to offer
what do i have to offer anyway
have you seen my beautiful mess
i left it just outside your back door
what do you have to offer
what do you have to offer anyway
do i look cute enough for you
