Goodbye Alice In Wonderland
I was browsing around for something to listen to the other day when I thought I would check out Jewel’s new country CD. I checked out rhapsody but it wasn’t there yet. I did however notice she had a few cd’s I haven’t heard. I enjoyed her early stuff but haven’t heard much from her over the years.
I decided to check out her last CD which is Goodbye Alice In Wonderland. It came out in 2006 but it completely missed my radar. Then again I was probably letting the execs at Clear Channel tell me what to listen to back then. Ok, not really but I wanted to work in a shot at crappy FM radio.
So anyway, I started on the CD and was immediately pleased when I heard “Again and Again”. This is a good Jewel song with a very catchy line in it. Very good song and has made it in on a few of my playlists.
Shortly after “Again and Again” I heard a song that really hit me. This is one of those songs I’ll put on repeat and listen to 30 times this week. It is the title track and “Goodbye Alice In Wonderland” is one of the best songs Jewel has ever written. That is also saying something because Jewel is an excellent songwriter. The lyrics are so beautiful. They are also full of little one liners that you can take and apply to so many situations in your life.
You also don’t have to listen to the song to get the full power of it. Read the lyrics and you will see what I mean. That is a testament to what a wonderful poet Jewel is. You can hear “Goodbye Alice In Wonderland” at Jewels website.
This entry was posted on Saturday, May 31st, 2008 at 9:02 pm and is filed under Jewel, Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.It’s four in the afternoon
I’m on a flight leaving L.A.
Trying to figure out my life and
My youth scattered along the highwayHotel rooms and headlights
I’ve made a living with a song
Guitar as my companion
Wanting desperately to belongFame is filled with spoiled children
we grow fat on fantasy
I guess that’s why I’m leaving
I crave realitySo goodbye Alice in Wonderland
Goodbye yellow brick road
There is a difference between dreaming and pretending
I did not find paradise
It was only a reflection of my lonely mind wanting
what’s been missing in my lifeI’m embarrassed to say the rest is a rock and roll cliché
I hit the bottom when I reached the top
but I never knew it was you who was breaking my heart
I thought you had to love me
But you did notYes, a heart can hallucinate
If it’s completely starved for love
It can even turn monsters into
Angels from aboveYou forged my love just like a weapon
And turned it against me like a knife
You broke my last heartstring
But you opened up my eyesSo goodbye Alice in Wonderland
Goodbye yellow brick road
There is a difference between dreaming and pretending
That was not love in your eyes
It was only a reflection of my lonely mind searching
For what’s been missing in my lifeAnd growing up is not an absence of dreaming
Its being able to understand the difference between
The ones you can hold and the ones that you’ve been sold
But dreaming is a good thing
Cause it brings new things to life
Pretending is an ending
That perpetuates a lie
Forgetting what you are
Seeing for what you’ve been toldTruth is stranger than fiction
this is my chance to get it right
Life is much better without all of those pretty liesSo Goodbye Alice in Wonderland
You can keep your yellow brick road
Cause there is a difference between dreaming and pretending
These are not tears in my eyes
They are only a reflection of my lonely mind finding
They are only a reflection of my lonely mind finding
I’ve found what’s missing in my life
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