Well, she gets real mean when she's drunk
And she finally fell asleep, and I'm glad
She said, 'The only way you got as far as you did
Is 'cause of me. Your songs suck'
And I'm stuck in this American town
And the streets are full of snow
And the shops are closin' down
And the only friend I had here moved away
Went back to Dallas
Ran out of money

So now the bills have all been paid
And the money's all been saved
You're still as sad as you ever were
Sellin' out
To the man you trust

The next morning, just after dawn
On the side of my bed with just a towel on
She said, 'I'm sorry. I didn't mean it.'
You never do, let's finish what we were working on

So now the bills have all been paid
And the money's all been saved
We're just as bad as we ever were
Sellin' out to the bank and trust
Yeah, the bank and trust

And I met this girl from Montgomery
A twenty six-year-old with a five-year-old baby
Yeah, I had her when I was young
Yeah, her daddy's long gone
But that's all right, Jack
You see, she saved me

It's just that I feel stuck in this American town
I finally got a good job, it'd just be dumb to move now
So some days I can hardly move
Much less move away

So now the bills have all been paid
And the money's all been saved
We're just as bad as we ever were, ever were
Selling out to the bank and trust
Yeah, the man you trust
Yeah, the man you trust



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    General Comment:Jenny's not stupid and neither is Blake.
    Now shut up and appreciate the song.
    Flag othatzsokewlon April 02, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:None of the songs on this album are about Jenny Lewis. They broke up durring the recording of The Execution of All Things, in March 2002. Idiots take ONE LINE in one song on one album and think it's the meaning behind his entire career since his split with her. You're a bunch of morons.
    Flag negatyveon October 17, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:i agree with juniorclemons completely. & i dont think any of the album really has to do with jenny except that one line. he might be talking about ex's, but im sure blake has had more girlfriends than just jenny.
    but ANYWAYS, i really love this song. and i think we should just appreciate it for what it is.
    as for rabbit fur coat... jenny really shouldn't have. her lyrics might not sound like teenage bs, but her songs sound like shit.
    Flag patiencebabeon October 01, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:both of the elected's records have been better than that forced piece of shit that jenny released.
    Flag juniorclemonson September 28, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:I have to agree with Heather on this one.
    Flag hfranklin2010on July 26, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:lets not assume that this song or any of the songs on the album are about Jenny. and everyone can be happy and listen to this cd and rk and be..happy.
    :)
    Flag Heather200408on June 14, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:hey thoward - in the liner notes of this album, jenny is credited as co-writing this song as well as fireflies in a steel mill with blake.
    Flag downtownon April 13, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:hey joshin - i got the record via itunes so i don't have liner notes or anything. did you see that she cowrote the song from liner notes or from an interview? just wondering - maybe he just gave her co-write credits 'cause he's quoting her in the song. no big deal. i probably read too much into the whole thing anyway - seems like they're continuning to write new songs for RK as usual. relationships with exes can be really complicated!
    Flag thowardon March 24, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:hey joshin - i got the record via itunes so i don't have liner notes or anything. did you see that she cowrote the song from liner notes or from an interview? just wondering - maybe he just gave her co-write credits 'cause he's quoting her in the song. no big deal. i probably read too much into the whole thing anyway - seems like they're continuning to write new songs for RK as usual. relationships with exes can be really complicated!
    Flag thowardon March 24, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:Actually, thoward, Jenny co-wrote this song with Blake, so the details that he divulged were obviously not things that Jenny felt uncomfortable with people knowing.
    Flag joshinon March 23, 2006   Link

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