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Jenny Youre Barely Alive Tab

by Rilo Kiley


     

	   	  	    		        
And it’s all the treasures that shine in the street
           	                  	
As we drive right over them
  		    		   
And its all the mornings we missed for sleep
             			
As the sun glides over our apartment
And it’s all the subtle change in landscape and business
Reminds you of your limited time
This time you’ll listen to the movement in your body
How it keeps on despite you and it frightens you
Cause you’re barely alive

     

You’re desperate in finding something else to please you
You’ve been searching your whole life
Something to mute, change, or just distract you
Something to put inside you to give the illusion of life
Cause you’ve always been barely alive
Cause you’re barely alive
Cause you’re barely alive
You’ve always been barely alive
 		
Have you not?

              	              
And the greatest escape that you ever did make
                    	    	        
With your arms by your side left it up to fate
               			    		
And the coast that you’ve seen though you’re watching them weekly
		                             
You’ve cursed all perfect days as you walked away

I can hear you say, “Jenny, you’re barely alive”

					
a metal rods you put in your fucking jaw to keep you from grinding your teeth at night

      

Cause you’re barely alive
You’ve always been barely alive
Cause you’re barely alive
Always been barely alive