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Buy
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Americana
Buy was released on August 9, 2024 by Yellow Brick Records as a part of the album The Rise and Fall of American Kitsch
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Release DateAugust 9, 2024
LabelYellow Brick Records
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM125

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Karen Jonas
Karen Jonas
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Karen Jonas
Karen Jonas
Lyrics, Composer

Lyrics

got a coffee percolator
put a dollar in the jukebox
I’m going to the graveyard
to see the fax machines
bought a lot of plastic
put it in the trash can
made a couple dollars
then I traded them for cheap
I don’t work here to have a good time
I work here to make money
I showed up without makeup
thinking you wouldn’t come by
let’s go out for pizza
there’s things I need to tell you
let’s go to a bar downtown
and have a glass of wine
once I heard a story
about a happy traveler
wandered round the country
and never spent a dime
ate apples off of fruit trees
and talked to all the people
I look into a magazine
to see what I could buy
I’ll need some boots for hiking
I’ll need a travel backpack
did you know they have filters
that make water out of mud?
it’s an awful lot to carry
maybe I’ll rent a camper
when it comes right down to it yea
I’ll probably just stay home
once I saw a movie
about a gorgeous artist
somehow all her credit cards
were paid by handsome men
she bought a little cottage
she wallpapered her kitchen
I’m gonna fix my kitchen too
but I can’t get out of bed
now I’m sitting on the sofa
the trucks are on the highway
the fish are in the water
and the planes are in the sky
I want to buy adventure
I want to buy an island
I want a handsome gentlemen
to hold me when I cry
there are dishes on the counter
there are dishes in my bedroom
there’s laundry in the living room
and whiskey on the rocks
today I have been useless
my life has been a circus
my best friend says I’m healing
but I think that I’m just lost
she says it’s from my childhood
it’s probably just anxiety
I think that I need therapy
I need to make a change
I want a purple bedspread
I wanna get a porch swing
I wanna buy a La-Z-Boy
and sleep away my days
once I read a novel
about two star-crossed lovers
the whole world fell to pieces
when he gazed into her eyes
now that’s iconic sparkle
her eyeliner was flawless
I look into a magazine
to see what I could buy
Written by: Karen Jonas
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