![]() Rabbit Fur Coat (2006) [ larger cover art ] |
This is no great illusion
When I'm with you I'm looking for a ghost
Or invisible reasons
To fall out of love and run screaming from our home
Because we live in a house of mirrors
We see our fears and everything
Our songs, faces, and second hand clothes
But more and more we're suffering
Not nobody, not a thousand beers
Will keep us from feeling so all alone
But you are what you love
And not what loves you back
That's why I'm here on your doorstep
Pleading for you to take me back
The phone is a fine invention
It allows me to talk endlessly to you
About nothing disguising my intentions
Which I'm afraid, my friend, are wildly untrue
It's a sleight of hand, a white soul band
The heart attacks I'm convinced I have
Every morning upon waking
To you I'm a symbol or a monument
Your rite of passage to fulfillment
But I'm not yours for the taking
But you are what you love
And not what loves you back
So I guess that's why you keep calling me back
I'm fraudulent, a thief at best
A coward who paints a bullshit canvas
Things that will never happen to me
But at arms length, it's Tim who said
I'm good at it, I've mastered it
Avoiding, avoiding everything
But you are what you love, Tim
And not what loves you back
And I'm in love with illusions
So saw me in half
I'm in love with tricks
So pull another rabbit out your hat
When I'm with you I'm looking for a ghost
Or invisible reasons
To fall out of love and run screaming from our home
Because we live in a house of mirrors
We see our fears and everything
Our songs, faces, and second hand clothes
But more and more we're suffering
Not nobody, not a thousand beers
Will keep us from feeling so all alone
But you are what you love
And not what loves you back
That's why I'm here on your doorstep
Pleading for you to take me back
The phone is a fine invention
It allows me to talk endlessly to you
About nothing disguising my intentions
Which I'm afraid, my friend, are wildly untrue
It's a sleight of hand, a white soul band
The heart attacks I'm convinced I have
Every morning upon waking
To you I'm a symbol or a monument
Your rite of passage to fulfillment
But I'm not yours for the taking
But you are what you love
And not what loves you back
So I guess that's why you keep calling me back
I'm fraudulent, a thief at best
A coward who paints a bullshit canvas
Things that will never happen to me
But at arms length, it's Tim who said
I'm good at it, I've mastered it
Avoiding, avoiding everything
But you are what you love, Tim
And not what loves you back
And I'm in love with illusions
So saw me in half
I'm in love with tricks
So pull another rabbit out your hat
| MJMJ | Posted: Jan 21, 2013 - 17:12 She rhymes "back" with "back." Minus style points. |
| Stingray (JULIAN'S NWO) | Posted: Sep 04, 2011 - 10:30 pmnixa wrote: love her hair too.... Was wondering if I was the only one seeing them too! |
| Stingray (JULIAN'S NWO) | Posted: Sep 04, 2011 - 10:29 All three could certainly chase me off of that bed's edge! Only the music is less sexy! |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Mar 30, 2011 - 19:34 lmic wrote: Betty Holly :) |
| lmic (Harmless Little Bunny) | Posted: Sep 22, 2010 - 15:20 Betty Holly :) |
| Walrus_Gumbo | Posted: Jul 20, 2010 - 16:18 HA! I thought this said JERRY LEWIS! The first phrase to come to mind was... la, la, la...nice lady! |
| jim1964 (british columbia, but use to ride the IRT to work) | Posted: Jan 11, 2010 - 15:14 osbyec wrote: YES! Every time I listen to this in the car I have to sing along and I occasionally end up playing it four or five times in a row. I don't know why, but this song just gets me every time. LOVE it! I have the same reaction, I was singing along to Charging Sky in the car this morning on my way to work in the pouring rain. |
| osbyec | Posted: Dec 11, 2009 - 06:22 YES! Every time I listen to this in the car I have to sing along and I occasionally end up playing it four or five times in a row. I don't know why, but this song just gets me every time. LOVE it! |
| cc_rider (Austin Texas. Y'all.) | Posted: Oct 09, 2009 - 08:12 ziggytrix wrote: well i was trying to find the video for this and found this instead. http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=7733740 it's jenny singing a duet with a puppet... Holy CARP! That was really amazing. Her command of tone is stunning. Made all the more so by the no-budget production of the clip. Wonderful! |
| pmnixa (Rochester, MN) | Posted: Oct 09, 2009 - 08:12 Great lyrics - love her hair too.... |
| DaveInVA (In a crumbling Queen Anne mansion in Damnville, VA) | Posted: Oct 09, 2009 - 08:08 Thank Gawd he put on something good to wash the David Byrne/TH out of my ears.. |
| diegotz (Buenos Aires, Argentina) | Posted: Oct 09, 2009 - 08:08 worst song of a great album |
| techer2 (my own private idaho) | Posted: Oct 09, 2009 - 08:08 rcurrier wrote: In the hallway from The Shining. One assumes it was intentionally made creepy. and those are the twin girls from The Shining....all grown up. |
| jim1964 (british columbia, but use to ride the IRT to work) | Posted: Sep 07, 2009 - 20:00 Any gal that can work the phrase "a thousand beers" into a song is OK by me |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Jun 04, 2009 - 20:10 Lkw wrote: Nice song, terrible album cover. Dior wrote:Then you should see the inner sleeve, so beautiful in it's old Kodak simplicity and full of meaning. A feat rarely seen in these photoshop days. I kind of agree for the cover though. Personally, I think it's a brilliant cover and a good tune as well. I'm not sure what either of you find "terrible" about it. |
| rtwingo (Israel) | Posted: Sep 25, 2008 - 01:11 Love this song and the album ![]() |
| hippiechick (Weekendland) | Posted: Jul 23, 2008 - 19:48 ziggytrix wrote: well i was trying to find the video for this and found this instead. http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=7733740 it's jenny singing a duet with a puppet...
I dig this chick! |
| ziggytrix (Dallas, TX) | Posted: Feb 17, 2008 - 09:40 well i was trying to find the video for this and found this instead. http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=7733740 it's jenny singing a duet with a puppet... |
| RadioDoc (Chicagoland) | Posted: Feb 17, 2008 - 09:38 A harmless if forgettable 5. Good filler between the great stuff. |
| joyjoy (DC) | Posted: Jul 12, 2007 - 09:45 Thank you for playing this. Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins are so great live! |
| davin (Victoria, British Columbia) | Posted: Jul 12, 2007 - 09:44 Ho hummmmmmmmmm....... |
| Mari (île de lesvos) | Posted: Jan 22, 2007 - 04:23 Love these gals together love the artwork too!
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| Dior (Sherbrooke, Quebec) | Posted: Dec 09, 2006 - 12:48 Lkw wrote: Nice song, terrible album cover.
Then you should see the inner sleeve, so beautiful in it's old Kodak simplicity and full of meaning. A feat rarely seen in these photoshop days. I kind of agree for the cover though. |
| laozilover (Left of Chicago and up) | Posted: Dec 09, 2006 - 12:45 brandog wrote: I'm cutting in line! You'll need to bash my head into a cinderblock wall, I guess... |
| laozilover (Left of Chicago and up) | Posted: Dec 09, 2006 - 12:43 ![]() |
| sandy_the_lucky_dragon | Posted: Nov 10, 2006 - 07:51 The production is brilliant - so naive, innocent, and yet perfectly so. A band with the awareness of a cagey, sarcastic band, but the sincerety of an innocent folk singer. |
| mrrmt (Baltimore, MD) | Posted: Nov 10, 2006 - 07:45 great song. great performers. great music. all you negative nellies are blopops. |
| cc_rider (Austin Texas. Y'all.) | Posted: Sep 27, 2006 - 09:46 I'm really digging Jenny and the Twins. Yes they are really twins; Jenny and the Twins were on Letterman a few months back. Yes, the album cover is really freakin' creepy. The Watson Twins appeared equally creepy on Dave's show; it's obviously their schtick. Or they're just really creepy; it happens. Jenny reminds me a bit of Neko Case, another fave. And Hank Dogs, who give me chills (both the good AND the creepy kind!) I'm surprised at the negativity towards this. When I first heard it I assumed RP folks would be really into it. Oh well, different strokes. I watched the video on her website. LOVE IT! The rapidly-fading smiles is the best part; they KNOW they're creepy! The original Hee-Haw is actually really funny to watch now; they KNEW it was totally cheesy, and ran with it. It's like 'Dumb and Dumber' for C&W fans. Say what you will about 'that' kind of music; Roy could freakin' PLAY. And Buck (R.I.P.) created a new kind of country sound. Yeah, it ain't everyone's cup o' java, but that's why we listen to RP; to hear stuff outside the over-produced, over-censored, market-researched, Arbitron-chasing, all-commercial-all-the-time Broadcast Radio. Clear Channel is in league with the devil; their headquarters are literally a stone's throw from where I'm sitting. So a tactical strike is out of the question... c. |
| Walrus_Gumbo | Posted: Sep 27, 2006 - 09:38 Glockman45 wrote: vomit bucket please.........
Indeed!!! :puke: |
| rcurrier (San Juan Capistrano, CA) | Posted: Aug 14, 2006 - 12:59 Imkirok wrote: She looks like Carrie (from the old horror flick), or some other demented axe murdered. In the hallway from The Shining. One assumes it was intentionally made creepy. |
| mattt (waaaayyyyyy Upper Midwest, but not all the way up) | Posted: Jun 02, 2006 - 08:25 Jack_Jefferson wrote: Also, are those real twins or trick photography? Most twins I know get sick of wearing the same clothes as their twin by about the age of eight.
Well, you know, for the sake of showmanship and an album cover, they may just make an exception. -mt- |
| Imkirok (Minneapolis, MN) | Posted: Jun 02, 2006 - 08:10 Lkw wrote: Nice song, terrible album cover.
She looks like Carrie (from the old horror flick), or some other demented axe murdered. |
| Duluoz (Houston, TX) | Posted: May 18, 2006 - 17:50 Lkw wrote: Nice song, terrible album cover.
I kinda like the album cover. I'll agree to nice song though. Just nice. |
| Glockman45 (undisclosed) | Posted: May 18, 2006 - 17:50 vomit bucket please......... |
| Zep (Mmmm, slurp!) | Posted: May 08, 2006 - 11:35 laprincessa wrote: I have a GIGANTIC crush on Jenny Lewis. Have tix to her show next week, yeah!!!!!!
Did you get a T-Shirt from her too? |
| Lkw (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) | Posted: Apr 23, 2006 - 10:00 Nice song, terrible album cover. |
| vinomori | Posted: Apr 23, 2006 - 10:00 Like one of the better Annette Funicello songs. |
| ElSupreme (ATL) | Posted: Apr 14, 2006 - 11:25 I have no idea why, but I really like everything I hear from her. Not a big fan of this type of music, or even a fan of her voice; there is just this something about all the songs that gets me. |
| Jack_Jefferson (Columbus, OH) | Posted: Apr 14, 2006 - 11:03 This one always reminds me of the quote from the movie Adaptation: "You are what you love, not what loves you." I also like it because it has a retro sound to it, like when Patty Duke would do a song on her show in the 60's. Also, are those real twins or trick photography? Most twins I know get sick of wearing the same clothes as their twin by about the age of eight. |
| (former member) (Back) | Posted: Apr 14, 2006 - 11:01 laprincessa wrote: I have a GIGANTIC crush on Jenny Lewis. Have tix to her show next week, yeah!!!!!!
I'm cutting in line! You'll need to bash my head into a cinderblock wall, I guess... |
| laozilover (Left of Chicago & up) | Posted: Apr 08, 2006 - 19:35 laprincessa wrote: I have a GIGANTIC crush on Jenny Lewis. Have tix to her show next week, yeah!!!!!! Eat yer heart out! She's MINE I tell ya MINE! |
| TobalMoreno (2,981 mi Due East (Sitting on a Catchbasin)) | Posted: Mar 21, 2006 - 06:26 rluking wrote: No worries, mate. There we go, thanks buddy. |
| rluking (Underground) | Posted: Mar 21, 2006 - 06:24 TobalMoreno wrote: EDIT #2: wait, she's not of the other persuasion is she? that would be a serious buzz kill. No worries, mate. |
| TobalMoreno (2,981 mi Due East (Sitting on a Catchbasin)) | Posted: Mar 14, 2006 - 10:52 laprincessa wrote: I have a GIGANTIC crush on Jenny Lewis. Have tix to her show next week, yeah!!!!!!
I'll second that one... but in a hetero kind of way. EDIT: "not that there's anything wrong with that." *studio audience laughter* EDIT #2: wait, she's not of the other persuasion is she? that would be a serious buzz kill. |
| cmrump | Posted: Mar 14, 2006 - 10:09 kaupmees wrote: Haha. I thought she sounded just like the woman from Rilo Kiley. No wonder.
Me too as Bill just reminded us; I came back to tick this up a notch. |
| jbtidwell (Atlanta, GA) | Posted: Mar 14, 2006 - 10:09 I may have to catch them at the Variety Playhouse on the 25th! |
| laprincessa | Posted: Mar 14, 2006 - 10:07 I have a GIGANTIC crush on Jenny Lewis. Have tix to her show next week, yeah!!!!!! |
| Egrey (WASH, DC) | Posted: Mar 10, 2006 - 09:12 Ok. I have heard enough from this album...I am gonna have to buy it!. Thanks RP. Just wished you'd played it earlier so I would have known enough to catch their show when they were in town. |
| laozilover (Left of Chicago & up) | Posted: Mar 08, 2006 - 04:41 daveesh wrote: check out the very funny "hee haw" video on her web site...
good tune, too I'm in Love, L-U-V!
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| kaupmees | Posted: Mar 06, 2006 - 12:00 Haha. I thought she sounded just like the woman from Rilo Kiley. No wonder. |


love the artwork too!
