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Juke Box Fury

  • Rickie Lee Jones


    Polly and I went to the circus
    Polly got hit with a rolling pin
    We got even with the circus
    We bought tickets but we didn't go in...

    You won't like it here when I first take you,
    He's in the back doing his Father O'Riley
    for the cops
    But you'll like Woody, he's hiding in the shed
    And we're going with him
    I told my brother,
    "When the police come don't say nothing
    Don't say nothing and the Police will go"

    They don't like it when you beat them
    to the punch,
    They don't like it when you come in on a hunch.
    And I've seen more dreams riding on his eyes,
    Than a sure thing like the starry skies,
    And you'll like it when you find out what he's got
    In the backyard,
    By the parking lot

    Hey Baby, you're my favorite boy,
    I think about you all the time.
    And this garbage that you still employ,
    Do they really pay for every line?

    The Juke Box Fury pounding in your soul,
    Juke Box Fury tells them where to go,
    Juke Box Fury pounding in your head,
    Juke Box Fury every word we said when
    We were younger and they hurt us so,
    But you never know...
    You got a Juke Box.
    You can make it even

    Look, I don't like it here.
    This is trouble.
    That guy keeps gettin' up
    That girl keeps goin' over to the phone
    I'm going to talk to them
    You just watch me
    I'm going to tell them
    "I think you two look like you're ready to go..
    Put your foot right here.
    D' you get it down all right, dear?
    Well, put your foot right here..."

    Hey, baby, you're the one for me.
    This must be Paradise.
    She's never where you think she'll be,
    But don't worry about it

    'Cuz the Juke Box Fury's
    Pounding in your soul
    Juke Box Fury knows where to go
    Juke Box Fury pounding in your head
    Juke Box Fury every word we said
    When we were younger and they hurt us so
    But you never know...

    You don't know what you've got,
    You can make it even
    You got a Juke Box
    You can make it even...

    Hey Danny! Wait for me!
    Hey! Danny?

length: 4:11
vocals: Rickie Lee Jones
drums: Steve Gadd
bass: Nathan East
guitar: Buzz Feiten
DX-7: Neil Larsen
percussion: Lenny Castro
horn arrangement:
Jerry Hey and Rickie Lee Jones

'Cuz the Juke Box Fury's
Pounding in your soul
.