Silver Jews - Candy jail
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[Verse 1]
GPain works on a sliding scale
EmSo does pleasure in a candy jail
CTrue love doesn't come around any more than fate allows oDn a
GMonday in Ft. Lauderdale
G
I came all this way to see your grave
EmTo see your life as written paraphrased
CI have tried thee it is written in the furnace of affDliction
GThis is what you couldn’t face.
[Chorus]
Life in a Ccandy jail
DPeppermint bars
GPeanut brittle bunk beds and marshmallow walCls
CWhere the guards are gracious
DAnd the grounds are grand
GAnd the warden keeps the data on your fCavorite brands.
[Verse 2]
GJelly beans and cookie dough
EmCountry restroom on a radio
CI got a number on my name
DIt's hard to rise above the shame
GI'm a branded man made in the mold
GThese terms engulf the waking mind.
EmLike cherry, grape and lemon-lime
CLike candy corn and licorice
DLike bubble gum and Swedish fish
GIt happens to me all the time
[Chorus]
Livin' in a Ccandy jail
DPeppermint bars
GPeanut brittle bunk beds and marshmallow walCls
CWhere the guards are gracious
DAnd the grounds are grand
GAnd the warden really listens
CAnd he understands