She’s a Jar Lyrics

She's a jar
With a heavy lid
My pop quiz kid
A sleepy kisser
A pretty war
With feelings hid
She begs me not to miss her


She says forever
To light a fuse
We could use
A hand full of wheel
And a day off
On a bruised road
However you might feel
Tonight is real

When I forget how to talk I sing
Won't you please
Bring that flash to shine
And turn my eyes red
Unless they close
When you click

And my face gets sick
Stuck
Like a question unposed

Just climb aboard
The tracks of a train's arm
In my fragile family tree

And watch me floating inches above
The people underneath


Please beware the quiet front yard
I warned you
Before there were water skies

I warned you not to drive
Dry your eyes, you poor devil

Are there really ones like these
The ones I dream
Float like leaves
And freeze to spread skeleton wings
I passed through before I knew you

I believe it's just because
Daddy's payday is not enough

Oh, I believe it's all because
Daddy's payday is not enough

Just climb aboard
The tracks of a train's arm
In my fragile family tree
And watch me floating inches above
The people under me
She's a jar
With a heavy lid
My pop quiz kid
A sleepy kisser
A pretty war
With feelings hid
You know she begs me not to hit her

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Genius Annotation

Lilting, complex, and sonically diverse (though it’s based around a basic G Bm C chord progression) “She’s the Jar” is this 2nd track off the “sticky-sweet pop party that is Summerteeth.” The sophisticated poetry in “She’s a Jar” foreshadows the band’s evolution into their fourth album, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Tweedy told Greg Kot: “I definitely wanted to get better at writing,”, “and those things happened simultaneously with trying to read better. I would write tons of stuff in my head, and forget. Some songs on Being There, I don’t think I ever wrote any lyrics down … To fight that, I started writing words on paper and making up melodies to go with them. By writing things down, and putting more words into my head, it put more words in my mouth when I turned on the tape recorder to sing. ”

As for the complex lyrical content – which is also inspired by games of Exquisite Corpse on the tour bus, and Tweedy’s darker explorations, the last line can simply not be ignored.

See “I dreamed about killing you again last night/and it felt alright to me” on “Via Chicago”

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Credits
Produced By
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Mixing Engineer
Mastering Engineer
Tambourine
Keyboards
Electric Guitar
Backing Vocals
Harmonica
Acoustic Guitar
Release Date
March 9, 1999
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