Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Candy Jail, artist - Silver Jews. Album song Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea, in the genre Иностранный рокDate of issue: 16.06.2008
Record label: Drag City
Song language: English
Candy Jail |
| Pain works on a sliding scale |
| So does pleasure in a candy jail |
| True love doesn’t come around anymore than fate allows |
| On a Monday in Fort Lauderdale |
| I came all this way to see your grave |
| To see your life as writ in paraphrase |
| «I have tried thee,» it is written, «in the furnace of affliction» |
| This is what you couldn’t face |
| Life in a candy jail |
| With peppermint bars |
| Peanut-brittle bunk beds |
| And marshmallow walls |
| Where the guards are gracious |
| And the grounds are grand |
| And the warden keeps the data on your favorite brands |
| Jelly beans and cookie dough |
| Country restroom on the radio |
| I got a number on my name |
| It’s hard to rise above the shame |
| I’m a branded man made in the mold |
| These terms engulf the waking mind |
| Like cherry, grape and lemon-lime |
| Like candy corn and licorice |
| Like bubble-gum and Swedish fish |
| It happens to me all the time |
| Living in a candy jail |
| With peppermint bars |
| Peanut-brittle bunk beds |
| And marshmallow walls |
| Where the guards are gracious |
| And the grounds are grand |
| And the warden really listens |
| And he understands |