Jenny Lewis - The Voyager Album Lyrics

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Head Underwater

I've been wearing all black since the day it started
When I stopped and looked back as my mind departed
I've been losing sleep and I cannot sit still
I'm not the same woman that you were used to
I put my head underwater baby, I threw my clothes away in the trash
I stood barefoot on the blazing concrete, I was waiting for the gut of the thunder
I don't wanna bore you with how I feel,
but when the walls came down, the shit got real
I never thought I would ever be here,
looking out on my life as if there was no there
I messed around with something I always hated
I took a blanket into the bath
Opened my eyes and hallucinated,
I took a nap and woke up in the grass
There's a little bit of magic, everybody has it
There's a little bit of sand left in the hourglass
My own mortality, I contemplated
Down in the valley i got hypnotized
It left a mark that hasn't faded
That's when I realized
There's a little bit of magic, everybody has it
There's a little bit of sand left in the hourglass
There's a little bit of magic, everybody has it
There's a little bit of fight left in the end
I put my head underwater baby, I held my breath until it passed
Crossed my fingers and concentrated
I closed my eyes and I was free at last

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She's Not Me

I used to think you could save me
I've been wandering lately
Heard she's having your baby
And everything's so amazing
It goes on and on and on and on
It goes on and on and on and on

But she's not me, she's easy

All those times we were making love
I never thought we'd be breaking up
Bet you tell her I'm crazy
It goes on and on and on and on
It goes on and on and on and on

But she's not me, she's easy

Remember the night I destroyed it all
When I told you I cheated
And you punched through the drywall
I took you for granted
When you were all that I needed!

But she's not me, she's easy
She's not me, she's not me
She's easy, she's easy
She's not me, she's not me

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Just One Of The Guys

All our friends, they're gettin' on
But the girls are still staying young
If I get caught being rude in a conversation
With a child bride on her summer vacation

No matter how hard I try to be just one of the guys
There's a little something inside that won't let me
No matter how hard I try to have an open mind
There's a little voice inside that prevents me

Ooh, how I live it got me here
Locked in this bathroom full of tears
And I have begged for you & I have borrowed,
but I've been the only sister to my own sorrow

No matter how hard I try to be just one of the guys
There's a little something inside that won't let me
No matter how hard I try to have an open mind
There's a little clock inside that keeps tickin'

There's only one difference between you & me
When I look at myself all I can see
I'm just another Lady without a baby

No matter how hard I try to be just one of the guys
There's a little something inside that won't let me.
No matter how hard I try to have an open mind
There's a little cop inside that prevents me

I'm not gonna break for you!
I'm not gonna pray for you!
I'm not gonna pay for you!
That's not what ladies do!

Oh when you break
When you break
Oh when you break
Oh when you break

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Slippery Slopes

I am still into you, dreams really do come through
I feel it everywhere, even in my red hair
And if don't wreck it, then I won't wreck it either
When I'm out on the road
If for just one second, you'd ask me to forget all about
Slippery slopes, whiskey and clothes

I see it happening, I'll get the golden ring
I want eternity, for her and you and me
And if you don't expect it, I won't expect it either
When we take off our clothes
If for just one second, she hugs you to forget all about
Slippery slopes, mushrooms and coke

Oh, oh, oh, whoa
Oh, oh, oh, whoa

Is anyone listening?
There's joy that freedom brings
And I'll be in liberty
If she eats after me

Cause if you don't express it, you will express it later
With who God only knows
If for just one second, it helps us to remember
That we like each other the most
Slipping with brows, slippery slopes

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Late Bloomer

When I turned 16 I was furious and restless
Got a chancy girl haircut and a plane ticket to Paris
I stayed there with Pansy, he had a studio in the seventh
Lost his lover to a sickness, I slept beside him in his bed
That's when I met Nancy, she was smoking on a gipsy
She had a ring in her nose and her eyes were changing like moonstones
She said "Open up late bloomer, it will make you smile
I can see that fire burning, in you little child."

Nancy came from Boston, she got in trouble very often
Cause her parents had forgotten her, she would skate over the pond
She was searching for the writer of a song that made her shiver
She listened over and over on a Walkman cassette
She said "Come with me late bloomer, for a little while
I wanna see that fire burning, in you little child."

How could I resist her, I had longed for a big sister
And I wanted to kiss her, but I hadn't done that
We found the writer, he was just some kid from Boston
I was jealous as I watched him talking to her
But man he's not astonish, didn't look like no Adonis
But as Nancy had promised, he was heavy as led
And he said "Come with us late bloomer, for a little while
We wanna feel that fire burning, in you little child."

Give me my candor, but I just had to have her
And at the time I didn't mind sharing with him
He rode in silence, all the way back to the seventh
And I promised I'd write her but I never did
And she said "Au revoir, late bloomer, for a little while
You gotta keep the fire burning, in you little child."

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You Can't Outrun 'Em

You got struck with some bad luck,
There's a black cat by your side
And I'm afraid you chose the red door,
With the triple 6 neon sign
And what those witchdoctors do to you
I wouldn't want it for myself
After all that you've been through
Haven't you learned anything?

You can't outrun 'em, you can't outrun 'em
You can't outrun 'em, you can't outrun 'em
They want your head, you can't outrun 'em

I guess two souls will meet again,
When the universe thinks they should.
Even if their own bloodlines,
Don't run as deep as they could
And will your mama pull you through?
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I wouldn't wish it on my enemy
Now that I am living proof,
That history repeats

You can't outrun 'em, you can't outrun 'em
You can't outrun 'em, you can't outrun 'em
They want you dead
You can't outrun 'em, you can't outrun 'em

You better talk quickly, 'cause my sister's at the door
'Cause I want to know everything,
Who I am and what it's for
What the Lord has planned for you,
I guess that it was meant
Wanted to get to know you,
Before you were dead!

You can't outrun 'em, you can't outrun 'em
You can't outrun 'em, you can't outrun 'em
I know you can't
You can't outrun 'em, you can't outrun 'em
You can't outrun 'em, you can't outrun 'em
You can't

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The New You

When the twin towers fell and it all went to hell
I knew you'd believe in me soon
It's what tore us apart, you perfect the art
Of making it all about you
But I can read your fortune
Just lay out your palm
Whatever you're avoiding will greet at the dawn

Because it's a new you every day
Putting on a different face
And the farther that you run from me
How will you overcome it?
It's a new you every day

And you struggle with sobriety
Dreams of known variety
Listening to kill 'em all
Tend for high society, social anxiety
We missed you at the head bang's ball

But I can read your fortune
Just lay out your palm
Whatever you're avoiding
They will all sing along

Because it's a new you every day
Putting on a different face
And the farther that you run from me
How will you overcome it?
It's a new you every day!

Where you come from
Gets the best of you!

Because it's a new you every day
And when I loved you, I used to say
The farther that we run from it
How will we overcome it?
It's a new you every day

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Aloha & The Three Johns

Well the phone is gonna ring and you tell them I'm not home
Will you water the ferns and feed the fish out in the pond?
I'm gonna get mean if you don't stop singing that Hawaiian song
How can you hear me scream if you still got your headphones on?

Is this the beginning of our vacation?
Or is this the end of our relationship?

Is this the end?
Is this the end?

And John's been avidly reading Slash's bio
There was a TV set smashed out in front of his room
I didn't ask, I led a solo charge down to the sea
Where the fast-food trash and tourists made me fear and loath it

Is this the beginning of their aging?
Or is this the end of civilization?

Is this the end?
Is this the end?

And if there's no ring, I will have to say "Good Bye."
Nah, I'm just playing John, I look terrible in white
You better hide the weed because the maid is at the door
And I can see a John getting a hand job on the balcony below

Is this the beginning of expectation?
Or is this the end of our vacation?

Is this the end?
Is this the end?

And we'll be drinking Kava
Drinking Kava, on the plane
And we'll be getting farther
Getting farther, from this place

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Love U Forever

When I met you, you were just a boy
And you were tongue-tied and wearing corduroy
When you kissed me, I was so annoyed
Because I was already gone

Call up your girlfriends, let's go out tonight
We're gonna drink ourselves some burgundy wine
Talk all about how we've saved the date
I can't believe I'm getting married in May

I could love u forever
I could love u forever
I could love u forever
I could love u until all the Polaroids fade

We were kids then - in the Daisy Age
And we wore peace signs as the riots blazed
When we candy-flipped, we'd stay out too late
Because we were already gone

Call up your girlfriends, let's go out tonight
I want to reminisce and get a little high
Talk all about how we've saved the date
I can't believe I'm getting married in May

I could love u forever
I could love u forever
I could love u forever
I could love u until all our hair turns gray

Now we are living in Ladonia Estates
And we eat out every night and drink every day
But there are some things money cannot say
Like the feeling of hell in a hallway

I could love u forever
I could love u forever
I could love u forever
I could love u forever
I could love u forever

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The Voyager

By the time I got your letter I had lost my mind
I was trippin'
"When you gettin' better?"
It's a jagged line
Nothin' lasts forever when you travel time
I've been sippin' that cool aid of the cosmos

'Cause The Voyagers in every boy and girl
If you wanna get to heaven get out of this world
The Voyagers in every boy and girl

When it finally hit me I did not cry
'cause I was at the 7/11 flippin' through The New York Times
I saw it printed in black and white - The Voyager goes up in smoke

The Voyagers in every boy and girl
if you wanna get to heaven get out of this world
You're the Voyager
You're the Voyager

You scared me straight
right into your arms
ah-oh
ah-oh-oh
ah-oh
ah-oh-oh
ah-oh

The Voyagers in every boy and girl
If you wanna get to heaven get out of this world
you're The Voyager
you're The Voyager
Hey
you're The Voyager
you're The Voyager
I'm the Voyager