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Jenny Lewis
Jenny Lewis


Background information
Birth name Jennifer Diane Lewis
Born January 8, 1976
Born place Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Origin Los Angeles, California, United States
Genre(s) Indie Rock
Alternative Country
Indie Folk
Years active 1998—present
Label(s) Saddle Creek Records
Barsuk Records
Brute/Beaute Records
Team Love Records
Associated acts Jenny and Johnny
Rilo Kiley
The Postal Service
The Watson Twins



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Jenny Lewis Lyrics

"You Are What You Love" lyrics



This is no great illusion
When I'm with you I'm looking for a ghost
Or invisible reasons
To fall out of love and run screaming from our home

Because we live in a house of mirrors
We see our fears and everything
Our songs, faces, and second hand clothes
But more and more we're suffering
Not nobody, not a thousand beers
Will keep us from feeling so all alone

But you are what you love
And not what loves you back
That's why I'm here on your doorstep
Pleading for you to take me back

The phone is a fine invention
It allows me to talk endlessly to you
About nothing disguising my intentions
Which I'm afraid, my friend, are wildly untrue

It's a sleight of hand, a white soul band
The heart attacks I'm convinced I have
Every morning upon waking
To you I'm a symbol or a monument
Your rite of passage to fulfillment
But I'm not yours for the taking

But you are what you love
And not what loves you back
So I guess that's why you keep calling me back

I'm fraudulent, a thief at best
A coward who paints a bullshit canvas
Things that will never happen to me
But at arms length, it's Tim who said
I'm good at it, I've mastered it
Avoiding, avoiding everything

But you are what you love, Tim
And not what loves you back
And I'm in love with illusions
So saw me in half
I'm in love with tricks

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