The Dresden Dolls – The Jeep Song

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I've been driving around town With my head spinning around Everywhere I look, I see Your '96 Jeep Cherokee You're a bully and a clown You made me cry and put me down After all that I've been through You think I'd hate the sight of you But with every jeep I see My broken heart still skips a beat I guess it's just my stupid luck That all of Boston drives the same black, fucking truck It could be him or am I tripping And I'm crashing into everything And thinking about skipping town a while Until these cars go out of style I try to see it in reverse It makes the situation hundreds of times worse When I wonder if it makes you want to cry Every time you see a light blue Volvo driving by So don't tell me if you're off to see the world I know you won't get very far Don't tell me if you get another girl Baby, just tell me if you get another car It could be him or am I tripping It could be him The number of them is insane Every exit's an ex-boyfriend memory lane Every major street's a minor heart attack I see a red jeep and I want to paint it black It could be him or am I tripping And I'm crashing into everything I can't wait till you trade the damn thing in By then they will have put me in the looney bin It could be him my heart is pounding It's just no use, I'm surrounded But one day I'll steal your car and switch the gears And drive that Cherokee straight off this trail of tears

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"The Jeep Song" as written by Amanda Palmer

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    My Opinion:"...straight off this trail of tears"

    OH LORD

    I love the '60s girl group sound.
    Flag evil_laugheron December 13, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:this one has a special place in my heart because i DO have an ex that drove a jeep cherokee... and the bastard wrecked it years ago... still hasn't got another car
    Flag madmannequin13on July 11, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:My boyfriend just moved away, and he claims it is harder for him, because the only one of his friends he still talks to is me.
    I don't agree, because I still have to look at his old locker every day, and listen to people talking about him.
    Every single time that stupid kid opens locker 608 I want to punch his face in and scream at him for being in my boyfriends locker...
    (Ironically I first heard this song the day after he moved away...)
    one of my personal favorites.
    Amanda is my music idol.
    Flag teh Qon October 06, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:i LOVE this song. it's just so genius lyrically. the first time i listened to it, i was like "okay, okay, this is good." and then i heard the last line. hooked forever. i think this is my favorite song off this cd, second only to coin operated boy, because you really can't top that song.
    Flag whyyesitscaron March 13, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:oops. my bad.in the Paradise dvd, its actually Amanda's Light Blue Volvo. i got confused cause Brian was driving it.
    not such an interesting spin after all. just the breakup song we know and love. sorry folks.
    Flag mixitupon January 22, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:this song is so funny.."and i'm crashing into everything":-)
    and I feel good now when I'm so calm while I'm seeing that kind of alfa romeo.
    Flag birba.mozzon November 28, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:Oh, God, have I experienced this. You just drive down the street, singing along with your radio or just watching the road ahead and you see a car go by that you swear is just like the boy's you had some experience or even just a thing for, then you turn quickly...and it's a two-door instead of a four-door...or something along those lines. Every street you turn down, you're just sure that you're going to see them driving by and you almost get this pointless panic attack when you think you see them. I mean, you're both in cars moving away from each other, what would happen even if it was them? It's completely illogical, but so relatable that it just stings. THE most relatable break-up song I've ever heard.
    Flag whowroteholdenon September 07, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:"dont call me if you get another girl baby
    just call me if you get another car"

    i love that line :)
    Flag apacon July 04, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:watching the Paradise dvd, i discovered something.
    BRIAN HAS A LIGHT BLUE VOLVO!!!!
    that puts an interesting spin on things.
    Flag mixitupon June 25, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:Yes, as everyone else said, a great song. However, I find it rather sad in spite of the cheerfull melody. I especially love the line " I see a red jeep and I want to paint it black". I also absolutely understand the feeling of being exited about the fact that "it could be him" and rather scared as well.. everytime I come to the rather small town my ex-girlfriend lives, I hope that I might run into her but at the same time I hope not to.
    Flag HoldeMaidon June 20, 2007   Link

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