Category: Songs

You’re So Silly

Written by Jerry White Jr.

Silly little man
Silly big boy
Afraid of your own shadow
But you’re not alone

Silly little lady
Silly big girl
Afraid of your reflection
But you’re not alone

Out of the sun
And beyond the mirror
You’ll start having fun
And see everything clearer
Aaaah

Out of the sun
And beyond the mirror
You’ll start having fun
And see everything clearer
Ooooh

Silly little man
Silly big boy
Silly little lady
Silly big girl

 

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Jerry White Jr.
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keys, Tambourine

E. Kelley
Vocals

Megan Francisco
Bass

Ben Briggance
Drums

Don’t Tell Me

Written by Jerry White Jr.

Don’t tell me you love me
That’s too easy for you to say
Don’t tell me you need me
What does that even mean anyway

I like being
On my own

Don’t tell me you know me
If you did then you’d know this isn’t okay
Don’t tell me you want me
That’s a game I no longer even play

I like being
Alone
Alone
Alone
All alone
Alone
Alone, alone, alone, alone, alone

You don’t have to need me
You don’t need to love me
Don’t have to need
Don’t need to love
That’s not what this has to be

So don’t tell me
Don’t tell me anything
No don’t tell me anything

 

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Jerry White Jr.
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keys

Adam Cox
Piano, Upright Bass

Jonathan Barahal Taylor
Drums

The Words

Written by Jerry White Jr.

All the letters
All the post cards
All the emails
All the phone calls
All the instant messenger chats

All the photographs

You said the words
Mmmmmmmm
I said the words
I haven’t said them since

And lying there in the dark
I said I was happy for you
But I don’t care what I said anymore
Or if any of it was true

Ten years is too long
To realize that I was wrong

All the letters
All the post cards
All the emails
All the phone calls
All of those mix CDs

All these memories

We said the words
Mmmmmmmm
Those obvious words
I haven’t said them again
I never said them again

And lying there in the dark
I said I was happy for you
But I don’t care what I said anymore
Or if any of it was true

Ten fucking years is too long
To figure out that I was wrong
But now I know you don’t deserve this song
No you don’t deserve this song
You don’t deserve this song

And though I can’t take back the words
(Lying there in the dark)
I won’t waste anymore on her

 

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Jerry White Jr.
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Melodica, Keys, Castanets

Ben Briggance
Drums

Adam Cox
Piano

June Bug

Written by Jerry White Jr.

June bug
Swimming in the sky
Lazily

June bug
Scarabaeidae
Wandering

Windowpane
In the rain
June bug where you goin’ now?

June bug
Lookin’ for true love
Clumsily

June bug
Show ‘em what you’re made of
Spread your wings

Bzzzz bzzz bzz bzz bzzzzzzzz

June bug
Don’t you wait for July
Seize the spring

Cuz June bug
Soon you’re gonna die
Time to leave

Say goodbye
And fly high
June bug you’ll make it somehow

Bzzzz bzzz bzz bzz bzzzzzzzz

 

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Jerry White Jr.
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Tambourine, Kazoo

Shane Oesterling
Bass

Benjamin Green
Trumpet

Ben Briggance
Drums

Tenderly

Written by Jerry White Jr.

We never saw each other
And only met the once
But I
Can still feel her voice
Her skin was pale as winter
Her smile was colder still
And she
Made her choice
When she told me
Not to pretend
As I put my hands
Around her neck
I closed my eyes
And kissed her cheek
Then tried to give her
What she needs

Tenderly
I squeeze
Tenderly
I squeeze
Till I saw her blue lips smiling at me

I reach up for her blindfold and she
Puts her hands in mine and says
“Why, why, why
Why did you stop?”
Her lips are already redder
She runs her tongue across her teeth
I put a finger to her mouth
She bites it till I bleed
And she says
You know you really shouldn’t pretend
And places my hands
Back on her neck
I wipe my brow along my sleeve
Then try to give her
What she needs

Tenderly I squeeze
Tenderly I squeeze
Tenderly I squeeze

Tenderly I squeeze
Tenderly I squeeze
Tenderly I squeeze

Then I lay her
Head down
Softly
As I leave

 

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Jerry White Jr.
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar

Shane Oesterling
Bass

Ben Briggance
Drums

Julia Stephenson
Violin

Adam Cox
Castanets

Thanks Dude

Written by Jerry White Jr.

I don’t need
To rhyme it
No this ain’t a greeting card
No this ain’t a greeting card
And you prob’ly know
What I’m gonna to say anyway

Like
You’re pretty
And I can still
See you
Laughing and
I can still feel you
I know you’re here
So what else can I say, but
“Thanks, dude”

Thanks, dude

And you say
and you say
you say, you say, you say, you say
“Duh”

You say “duh”
And I remember every time we told each other we were leavin’
You say “duh”
And I remember every time we told each other say goodbye
You say “duh”
And I remember every time we told each other we were even
You say “duh”
And I remember every time we told each other we should try

 

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Jerry White Jr.
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Tambourine

Shane Oesterling
Bass

Ben Briggance
Drums

Diminishing Returns

Written by Jerry White Jr.

I was never cleverer than you
And I never said sorry
Unless I had to
I know I should’ve made the bed
Done more dishes, but instead
I let you

Oh, the law of diminishing returns says
Call it quits

You were pretty patient and never kept score
But if you don’t think I’m still worth waiting for
I get it
I really do
I was never better than you
And I never said sorry
Unless you asked me to

Oh, the law of diminishing returns says
Oh, the law of diminishing returns says
Oh, the law of diminishing returns says
Call it quits

Did you say what you wanted to say?
(Did you say what you wanted to say?)
Did you do what you needed to do?
When I think about how we would get so upset
Then I know it’s too late
(Yeah I know it’s too late)
But I think about all of those things I regret
And then I hesitate

We were never together to prove
That forever is something you can’t lose
But don’t you think it’s funny how
We’ve been trying up till now
To see it through

But the law of diminishing returns says
Yes the law of diminishing returns says
Oh, the law of diminishing returns says
Call it quits

And if you do
(And if you do)
I wouldn’t blame you
(I wouldn’t blame you)
One bit

 

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Jerry White Jr.
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar

Arianna Basco
Vocals

Shane Oesterling
Bass

Ben Briggance
Drums

DJ Basco
Electric Guitar

Shitty Friend

Written by Jerry White Jr.

Dear shitty friend
My shitty friend
Sometimes you really made me laugh
Sometimes you even had my back
But shitty friend
It’s not enough to make up
For all the fucked up stuff
And now I have nothing left
And in the end
You couldn’t help yourself
But next time it’ll be someone else
Cuz we’ll be strangers again

Dear shitty friend
Oh shitty friend
This is a self-help exorcism
I cast you out of my life
It’s been an overdue decision
But now I’ll finally make things right

Cuz I don’t like who
I am with you

You’re a shitty friend

And shitty friend
Don’t need an apology
I’m over this sunk-cost fallacy
Don’t wanna be acquaintances
And in the end
I gave you too much of me
But thankfully we both are free
To be strangers again

Let’s be
Let’s be strangers again
Let’s be strangers again
I wanna be strangers again
Forever strangers again

I’ll keep your secrets
I don’t care
Keep mine too
It’s only fair
Shitty friend

So, so
Don’t call me
Don’t write me
And if we
Ever see
Each other
On the street
Let’s not greet
There’s no need
For strangers to meet

There is no need
For these two strangers to meet

 

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Jerry White Jr.
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keys

Shane Oesterling
Bass

Adam Cox
Drums, Tambourine, Shaker, Motor Synth, Gong

Benjamin Green
EVI

Too Much Blood
Drone Synth

Taco Party

Written by Jerry White Jr.

Taco party with your best friend’s sister
Taco party with your best friend’s sister
Ooh la la, ooh la la, ooh la la
Ooh la la, ooh la la, ooh la la
Ooh la la la la la la la
Taco party with your best friend’s sister
Taco party with your best friend’s sister
Ooh la la, ooh la la, ooh la la, ooh la la
Ooh la la la la la la la la la la

Marilyn Monroe
Blazed into Indio
And she rode
On the back of a jackal (or was it a gecko?)
With a cornucopia of glitter
She released into the air
It wasn’t fair
Cuz you weren’t there
And the blueberries were bursting with flavor
And everyone had a good chance to savor
Their share
And the taco trucks
Had not been invented
So people were eatin’ them
Hot off the engine
With care

Taco party, taco party
Taco party, taco party
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
Yeah

Taco party
With your best friend’s sister
Oh, you might not have loved her
But you know that you miss her
Ooh, ooh la la la
La la la la la
Ooh ooh ooh
Ooh

Taco party with your best friend’s sister
Might not’ve loved her, but you miss her so
Taco party with your best friend’s sister
Now it’s too late for you to let her know
Taco party with your best friend’s sister
Might not’ve loved her, but you miss her so
Taco party with your best friend’s sister
Now it’s too late for you to let her know

 

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Jerry White Jr.
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Melodica, Digital Erhu, Jpad Synth, Tambourine, Maracas

Shane Oesterling
Bass

Ben Briggance
Drums

Cesóire Carbajal
Trumpet

RecessMic Audience
Crowd Vocals

Walk Around Me

Written by Jerry White Jr.

Everybody walk around me
I don’t want to be seen
Everybody walk around me
I don’t want to be seen

I’m not ready yet

Everybody walk around me
I don’t want to be seen
Everybody walk around me
I don’t want to be seen

I can’t forget

Everybody walk around me
I don’t want to be seen
Don’t look at me
Don’t look at me
Everybody walk around me
I don’t want to be seen
Don’t look at me
Don’t look at me

I’m not ready yet
Cuz I can’t forget
The way you walked all over me
You walked all over me
Why did you walk all over me
You walked all over me

Walk on by
Walk on by
Walk on by
Just walk on by
Just walk on by
Just walk on by
Just walk on by
Walk on by
Walk on by

 

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Jerry White Jr.
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Tambourine

Shane Oesterling
Bass

Ben Briggance
Drums