Joy'All Album Lyrics by Jenny Lewis

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Psychos

Life goes in cycles
It's a merry go round
I've been working off that juju
From my hometown
I am a rebel
All American made
Jesus Christ and the Devil
Yin and Yang

There are no hard feelings
How can I help you (help you)?
It's time I get away, get away
How can I, how can I help you?

When you are up and down
Give me the run around, boy
This shit is crazy town
Why do you come around, boy?

I'm not a psycho
I'm just tryna get laid
I'm a rock-and-roll disciple
In a video game
Turn down the treble
Drop the bass
Respect to your guru
Namaste, yeah

There are no hard feelings
How can I help you (help you)?
It's time I get away, get away
How can I, how can I help you?

When you are up and down
Heavy must be the crown, boy
This shit is crazy town
Why do you come around, boy?

This shit is
How bad do you really want it?
How hard will it make you cry?
How bad do you really want it?
Is it the ego, the id? Hello, goodbye?

Ooh-ooh (how bad do you really want it?)
Ooh-ooh (how hard will it make you cry?)

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Joy'All

When I was a teenager
At a party after school
And how could I know I was in danger
I was a little kid a lot like you
And it informed me, it almost destroyed me
Baby, what you gonna do?

Follow your joy'all (joy'all)
I'm not a toy, y'all, I've got heart
Follow your joy'all (joy'all)
I'm not a boy, y'all, the burden of proof
Isn't on you

Now that I'm a grown lady
And I'm lookin' to you
And I implore you, I don't wanna troll you
I was a little kid a lot like you
And where there is love, there's gonna be hate
We get a little bit wiser every day

Follow your joy'all (joy'all)
I'm not a toy, y'all, I've got heart
Follow your joy'all (joy'all)
I'm not a boy, y'all, the burden of proof
Isn't on you

Keep your head down, mama
Find your groove
Lead with your heart
Keep your head down, sister
Please, be smart

Follow your joy'all (joy'all)
I'm not a toy, y'all, I've got heart
Follow your joy'all (joy'all)
I'm not a boy, y'all, the burden of proof
Isn't on you

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Puppy and a Truck

My forties are kicking my ass
And handing them to me in a margarita glass
I was infatuated with an older man
And then I dated a psychopath
So I'm 44 in 2020 and thank god I saved up some money
Time to ruminate like, what the f*ck was that?
Like a shot of good luck
I got a puppy and a truck
If you feel like giving up
Shut up
Get a puppy and a truck

I don't f*ck with MOPAR, Tesla or Ford
I'm a Chevrolet Angel, Lord
Traded my '64 Malibu for a van
And to tell you the truth
That's the only regret I have

I need a dog that's hypoallergenic
In the poodle milieu and photogenic
Don't shed, don't bark
And can play in the band

Like a shot of good luck
I got a puppy and a truck
If you see us rolling up
Thumbs up
Puppy and a truck

I don't got no kids
I don't got no kids
I don't got no roots
I'm an orphan
Catch me if you can
I'm lacing up my boots

Like a shot of good luck
I got a puppy and a truck
And some unconditional love
Like a shot of good luck
Get a puppy and a truck
If you see us rolling up
Say what's up
Puppy and a truck

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Apples and Oranges

I found your first draft in the trash
Of our bedroom
Goodbye and all that
Screw you, dear June

Yeah, there's a new dude
He's real cute
He's nothing like you
He rides a half pipe, sold his motorbike
For Australian boots

He don't kiss me in the morning
He don't tuck me in at night
He don't know the things about me
That endure despite
He's hot and he's cool
He just isn't you

Oh, apples and oranges
Perfume or poison
Oh, apples and oranges
Look at them apples

To be truthful, it's been fruitful
To live like a kid
He lives nowhere, gives a long stare
When I ask, "What gives?"

Then he sends me flowers
And the f*cking is outta site
I lie awake for hours
When will he treat me right?
He's hot and he's cool
He just isn't you

Oh, apples and oranges
The perfume is the poison
Oh, apples and oranges
Oh, apples and oranges

Now that my heart is f*cking open
Now that my heart is so f*cking open
It's not about you

Oh, apples and oranges
Perfume or poison
Oh, apples and oranges
Is it luck, gorgeous?

Oh, apples

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Essence of Life

It's not that far away
From LA to the Bay
But I may as well be living on the moon
When I heard you say
You're not feeling it in that way
It reinforced what I already knew

The essence of life
Is suffering
Lean into the light
But sparkle blue

We have the essence of life
At our fingertips
When you say, "It ain't right"
It burns when you leave
And it makes me wanna scream

I want you back
Hallelu
I want you back
Now that I can't have you

I'll be okay
Chilling with Yin and Yang
One brother's green, one brother's blue
But neither are you

The essence of life
Is ecstasy
Lean into the light
But sometimes you've got to scream

I want you back
Hallelu
I want you back
Now that I can't have you
I want you back
Hallelu
I want you back
Hallelu

I want you back (I want you, hallelu)
I said, I want you back (I want you, hallelu)
I want you back (I want you, hallelu)
I want you back (hallelu)
I want you back

Lean into the light
But sparkle blue

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Giddy Up

Take a chance
On a little romance
We're both adults

Oh, baby, baby, baby
Here's the thing
I've been waiting around (waiting around)
Patiently
I'm not paranoid but I'm not not
Give it up, start living my best life
Giddy up
Get on my pony and ride
And it just trips me out
Living against my own advice
I'm paralyzed

Take a chance
On a little romance
We're both adults
Take a chance
The stakes is high
The whistle blows
The whistle blows

Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up
I'm not terrified but I'm not not (giddy up, giddy up, giddy up)
Gonna cry (giddy up, giddy up, giddy up)
And I'm just tripping out

When I'm all by myself
I just hurt myself
Baby, can you feel that?
But when we are together
We say such sweet things to each other
Baby, I need that

Take a chance on a little romance
We're both adults
Take a chance
The stakes is high
The whistle blows
The whistle blows

Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up, giddy up
Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up, giddy up

Take a chance (giddy up, giddy up, giddy up)
On a little romance (giddy up, giddy up, giddy up)
We're both adults

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Cherry Baby

Life's a mystery
We'll just wait and see
If I don't lose my mind
I'll get it right this time
'Cause I fall in love
Too easy too easy
With anyone
Who touches me
F*cks with me
Cherry cherry
Cherry baby
Will you be mine?
Cherry cherry
I'm going crazy
Ha

Metaphorically
I'm having a hard time
Writing the last line

I won't let go
Believe me believe me
My first rodeo
In Tennessee Tennessee

Cherry cherry
Cherry baby
Will you be mine?
Cherry cherry
I'm going crazy
Ha

Turn me into gold
Alchemy
Turn me into gold
Come for me

Cherry cherry
Cherry baby
Will you be mine?
Cherry cherry
I'm going crazy
Ha

Cherry cherry
Cherry cherry
Cherry cherry
Cherry baby
Will you be mine?

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Love Feel

Friday night, midnight
2 AM right now
Forever in September
Pretty blue eyes
Knees, lips, thighs
Hands, bare feet and barbed wire

Black truck, Pontiac
Plymouth and Cadillac

Radio telephone
Telephone and radio
Phone booth, top 40, jukebox
Honky tonk

Thunder and pouring rain
Sugar in the gas tank
Fire and lightning
Pleased to meet you, Mary Jane

Love feel
I want real
Love feel
Yeah

Thunder and pouring rain
Sugar in the gas tank
Fire and lightning
PCP and Mary Jane
Marvin Gaye, Timberlake
Hank Williams, Johnny Cash
John Prine
Waylon and Willie

Ice cold Modelo
Tennessee whiskey
Bourbon from Kentucky
Left my heart in 'Vette City

Black truck, Pontiac
Plymouth and Cadillac
Thunder and pouring rain
Sugar in the gas tank

Love feel
Want real
Love feel
Yeah

Thunder and pouring rain
Sugar in the gas tank
Fire and lightning
PCP and Mary Jane

Thunder and pouring rain
Sugar in the gas tank
Fire and lightning
PCP and Mary Jane

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Balcony

Woo
Woo

Tell me
Do you want this thing to end?
Are you so ready
To see all of your friends?

At our reunion, I'll pick up the tab
Have the ribeye on me
And don't feel bad
It's my joy to

Feed you
Woo
Woo
Ooh

Do you remember
Making love?
Do you remember
The Gypsy inn by the sea?

And abusing emotionally
Invisible bruises no one can see
Not me
Or them

Or you
Woo

It's never gonna be the way it used to be
You cannot unsee the search history
It's sort of like a test, who can stand themselves the best
From a balcony, we leapt

Out of the hex and into the next
Out of the weeds, bless

Woo
Woo
Woo
Ooh

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Chain of Tears

How do you say goodbye forever?
Sincerely seeking advice, mmm
One day at a time, sure is clever
There ain't nothing I wouldn't try, oh

Don't matter how long
If it ain't right, it's wrong
If it ain't right, it's wrong

A chain of tears
Leads me back to you
A chain of tears
Painted black and blue

I was hoping there was some pill I could take
Wash away down the wishing well, mmm-mmm
Some procedure I could undertake
To have your memory erased, oh

Don't matter how long
If it ain't right, it's wrong
If it ain't right, it's wrong
If it ain't cooked, it's raw
And if it ain't on

A chain of tears
Leads me back to you
A chain of tears
Painted black and blue
A chain of tears
Ooh
A chain of tears

If it ain't right, it's wrong
If it ain't mint, it's flawed
If it ain't right
Don't paint those red flags white
If it ain't right, it's wrong