Lyrics

[ebeltect]

does anyone have a complete list of lyrics to their songs or atleast the lyrics to songs that aren't posted on the website? i've been trying to do it by listening but it can be pretty difficult for some songs.

well thanks for any help.

[Oz]

When the Chocolate and Ice EP was just released, I asked around a lot of times if people had any idea what the lyrics where, especially Cobra, ´cuz I have no idea what the hell he´s singing there, but everyone who tried to figure them out, gave up eventually. So I´d say, the lyrics that aren´t on this site are only available inside Jim´s head...

[Boss Hog]

here's 2 unreleased songs as near as i can make out...


Mahgeeta
by My Morning Jacket

VERSE 1
sitting with me and mine
all wrapped up in a bottle of wine
little we can do
we gonna see it through somehow

CHORUS
so are you ready to go, my lady
i been waitin on the boat here
i been waitin so long

VERSE 2
bang bang goes the night
all wrapped up in the fire light
don't rock bottom
just listen, just slow down

CHORUS
so are you ready to go, my lady
i been waitin on the boat here
i been waitin too long

BRIDGE
can it see me
does it feel me
does it know me at all

does it shiver
always deliver
does it know me at all

CHORUS
so are you ready to go, my lady
i been waitin on the boat here
i been waitin too long

OUTRO
ah... mahgeeta... mahgeeta (x3)


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ONE BIG HOLIDAY
by My Morning Jacket

wakin up feelin good and limber
when the telephone it rings
it was a fat man from California
tellin of a stormy dream

in the better days
when this town we'd escape
all aloud - make a wave
we'd all live one big holiday

so we left summoned up the river
and record in all those towns
was some shakin and some record playin
all the leather kids were loud

[Brandon]

thanks for the 2 songs....one big holiday was actually one i was really looking for....i really appreciate it

[hipkink]

On "One Big Holiday," my friend and I swear he's saying "Bad man from California," not "Fat man." We could be wrong... are you sure it's fat man?

[plank10]

I think its "Bad man" aslo. You can hear it pretty clear on the album.

[Irving Plaza]

Jim could also be saying: "telling of a starry dream" instead of "stormy dream"

couldn't say for sure...  ???

[peanut butter puddin surprise]

ah yes, the mysterious wonders of Jim's lyrics.  I love it that there's a bit of mystery involved in what's being said, it's like magical...it just feels right, somehow more real...also leaving room for the listener's imagination as well, a touch that's missing from a lot of "popular" music these days.
  

[Fozzie]

Badman Recordings (who released Chocolate and Ice EP) are located in California...

"there's a bad man from California"... hmmmm... could be...

[hipkink]

I was thinking the same thing!