Candy Jail - Silver Jews (cover)

Candy Jail by the Silver Jews, covered by Andru Bond on 3-22-09.

Lyrics:

Pain works on a sliding scale
So does pleasure in a candy jail
True love doesn't come around any more than fate allows on a Monday in Ft. Lauderdale
I came all this way to see your grave
To see your life as written paraphrased
I have tried be it is written in the furnace of affliction
This is what you couldnt face

Life in a candy jail
Peppermint bars
Peanut brittle bunk beds and marshmallow walls
Where the guards are gracious
And the grounds are grand
And the warden keeps the data on your favorite brands

Jelly beans and cookie dough
Country restroom on a radio
I got a number on my name
Its hard to rise above the shame
Im a branded man made in the mold

These terms engulf the waking mind.
Like cherry, grape and lemon-lime
Like candy corn and licorice
Like bubble gum and Swedish fish
It happens to me all the time

Living in a candy jail
With peppermint bars
Peanut brittle bunk beds
And marshmallow walls

Where the guards are gracious
And the grounds are grand
And the warden really listens
And he understands

Category:

Music

Tags:

• d.c.
• berman
• silver
• jews
• candy
• jail
• andrew
• bond
• andru
• stephen
• malkmus

[TheMarbleIndex3000]

my cover of this tune is quite sloppy in comparison.

[goodluckinjail]

Sorry to sound like a dick, dude, like its technically proficient, but you failed to introduce ANY of your own character(let alone ANY character) into the song. It sounds like you just learned guitar and were reading the lyrics from a sheet. Hope you take it as criticism rather than insult. You've got a great control over the pitch of your voice; I'd love if you used it.

[TheMarbleIndex3000]

great cover of a great group :)

[barrjordan]

that was really good man.