She Don't Use Jelly

Album: Transmissions From The Satellite Heart (1993)
Charted: 55
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  • I know a girl who thinks of ghosts
    She'll make you breakfast
    She'll make you toast
    But she don't use butter
    And she don't use cheese
    She don't use jelly
    Or any of these
    She uses Vaseline
    Vaseline
    Vaseline

    And I know a guy who goes to shows
    When he's at home and he blows his nose
    He don't use tissues or his sleeve
    He don't use napkins or any of these
    He uses magazines
    Magazines
    Magazines
    Magazines

    I know a girl who reminds me of Cher
    She's always changing
    The color of her hair
    But she don't use nothing
    That you buy at the store
    She likes her hair to be real orange
    She uses tangerines
    Tangerines
    Tangerines
    Tangerines
    Tangerines
    Tangerines Writer/s: Michael Ivins, Ronald Jones, Steven Drozd, Wayne Coyne
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 7

  • Conan from Las VegasThank you, Nick from Arlington Heights for announcing to everyone that you didn’t actually read the whole blurb about the song.
  • Paige from Houston, TxI love how the verses target different dysfunctional individuals -- especially the girl who uses tangerines to dye her hair. :) GREAT song!
  • Greg from Maryville, MoBen Folds nails this song. I consider it an example where he cover is better than the original (sorry Oklahoma).
  • Mario from Paulsboro, Nji think this song is about anal sex in the back of a winnabaigo on a trip to the grand canyon in the summer of 69!!!
  • Dave from Cardiff, WalesBen Folds Five covered this a B-side to their 1998 hit "Brick"
  • Alvin from Sioux Center, IaThere is amazing relation to 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' in the last verse.
  • Nick from Arlington Heights, IlThe Flaming Lips performed this song on an episode of 90210.
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