Jenny Lewis

thumb|right|I've had enough of breakdowns and diagrams—Judging from picture books, apparently Heaven is a partly cloudy place. Jennifer Diane Lewis (born January 8, 1976) is a singer and songwriter, actress and vocalist of the bands Rilo Kiley and Jenny and Johnny, with boyfriend Johnathan Rice. Song lyrics thumb|right|When you jump up the Earth wants you back. thumb|right|I read with every broken heartWe should become more adventurous. thumb|right| You're not happy but you're funny and I'm tripping over my joy. I just keep on gettin up again. Take Offs and Landings (2001) I've had enough of breakdowns and diagrams—Judging from picture books, apparently Heaven is a partly cloudy place. "Don't Deconstruct" I used to think, if I could realise I'd dieThen I would be a lot nicerUsed to believe in a lot moreNow I just see straight aheadThat's not to say I don't have good timesBut as for my days, I spend them waiting... "Science vs. Romance" When you jump up the Earth wants you back. "Plane Crash in C" The Execution of All Things (2003) I do this thing where I think I'm real sick but I won't go to the doctor to find out about it cause they make you stay real still in a real small space as they chart up your insides and put them on display. They'd see all of it, all of me, all of it; All the good that won't come out of me... "The Good That Won't Come Out" It's all of the good that won't come out of us and how eventually our hands will just turn to dust, if we keep shaking them standing here on this frozen lake. "The Good That Won't Come Out" Then you hang up the phone and feel badly for upsetting thingsAnd crawl back into bed to dream of a timeWhen your heart was open wide and you love things just becauseLike the sick and dying A Better Son/Daughter And sometimes when you're onYou're really fucking onAnd your friends they sing along And they love youBut the lows are so extremeThat the good seems fucking cheapAnd it teases you for weeks in its absence A Better Son/Daughter More Adventurous (2004) There's blood in my mouthCause I've been biting my tongue all week I keep on talking trashBut I never say anythingAnd the talking leads to touchingAnd the touching leads to sexAnd then there is no mystery left "Portions for Foxes" And it's bad news, I don't blame youI do the same thing, I get lonely tooAnd you're bad news, my friends tell me to leave youThat you're bad news... "Portions for Foxes" I read with every broken heartWe should become more adventurous "More Adventurous" I had one friend in high school, recently he hung himself with string, His note said "If livin' is the problem, well that's just baffling." And at the wake I waited around to see my ex-first love,And I barely recognized her but I knew exactly what she was thinkin' of.We sat quietly in the corner, whisperin' close about loss,And I remembered why I loved her and I asked her why I drove her off. "A Man/Me/Then Jim" And you're not happy but you're funny and I'm tripping over my joy. I just keep on gettin up again. "The Absence of God" External links Rilo Kiley official site Rilo Kiley fan site 0507343 Jenny Lewis Interview at PopMatters Rilo Kiley review at The Village Voice Review of More Adventurous at Pitchfork Media Article, Lazy-i (September 2004) Interview, Dallas Music Guide Interview, Venuszine Interview, Lazy-i (October 2002) Discography and reviews at mp3.com Category:Actresses from Las Vegas Category:Alternative rock singers Category:Singer-songwriters from the United States Category:Multi-instrumentalists Category:Guitarists from the United States Category:Bassists Category:Jewish American actresses Category:1976 births Category:Living people Category:Women born in the 1970s Category:Women singers from the United States