Jagged Stone

from Songs For Fred by Jay Williams

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I knew she was bad news the moment I met her. But I was always a moth to the flame. I wrote this song for her before I realized what a vampire she truly was. But somewhere way down inside, I must have sensed impending doom, so I made it just a little bit campy. I wanted to pay tribute to the overwrought country songs, but hold on to the painful seed of truth they all contain. That thing that makes you laugh until you cry, or cry until you laugh. Who am I kidding? Did I really think unconditional love could fix anyone? No regrets though. Maybe I fixed myself. Thanks jagged stone; you were the flame that finally put my moth out of its misery.

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There are stones in the river that shine in the sun
sparkle and shimmer when clear waters run
Stones at the bottom all jagged and dark
stones shaped like daggers, stones shaped like my heart

Julie Please, Don't think that I don’t miss you
Some days that’s all I can do
like a dog with no legs
I just drag myself through
Try to act like we never met
but like a convict’s last cigarette,
every breath is for you

Some hearts fly open at the drop of a hat
some hearts stay shut down like an old laundromat
Some hearts are frozen like the ice on a lake
Takes a jagged old heart
to make this jagged heart break

Julie Please don’t think that I don’t love you
might be what I was made to do
like a wolf in a trap
I just chew and I chew
‘cause I don’t really need those legs
what good will my own escape
be if it aint with you

Julie please don’t you believe a word I say
every time I chase you away
like an old junkyard dog
I been hungry too long
even hands of a friend I’ll bite
but each time I turn out the light
I still whisper good night
Julie, good night...

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from Songs For Fred, released September 23, 2014

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Jay Williams Bainbridge Island, Washington

Grew up in L.A., next door to Rodney King. Foster kid, on welfare, muttsville. Heard John Prine at the Roxy when I was 16, changed my life. Stumbled into KROQ in the 1980s, got my 15 mins of fame. Moved to the Northwest, found community, then lost them when compassion became their justification for fascism. I'm over humans. These songs feel like phantom limbs. Cats are my gurus now. ... more

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