Get all 5 Jen Lane releases available on Bandcamp and save 20%.
Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of II, This Life of Mine, Jen & John, For The Night, and Jen Lane.
1. |
The Real Thing
03:53
|
|||
|
The Real Thing by Jen Lane
As I left for work today
I swore I was missing something
But I don’t think it was the real thing
It was more like I forgot
To wake up this morning
And play it like the real thing
Was it worth it to you?
It sounds like you changed your tune
At the end all it comes down to
Is filling my head with emptiness
She thinks allot about her paper dolls
She wonders if there’s souls behind these walls
That know the secrets to the real thing
She likes to cut up magazines for you
She wants to know just what it means to you
That you’re hungry for the real thing
Was it worth it to you?
It sounds like you changed your tune
At the end all it comes down to
Is filling my head with emptiness
|
||||
2. |
||||
|
Coming Down by Jen Lane
No body knows how bad I needed this to come to my attention
No body knows how bad I just needed some invention, some inspiration
And I knew that you would, get in and drive
When you figured out I had nothing to hide
So lets just coast along at incredible speeds
And I will let you see inside
Take in the night with me I would like to share with you some comfort in taking me in
And when we close our eyes I will disappear into that place where I end and you begin
And I don’t need to try
To come down, down ,down
Cuz I want to come down, down, down
Boy, don’t you know I’m crazy about you
Boy, I would run away with you
You certainly picked where you fit
I can’t fathom the thought of coincidence
Because we come equipped with Songs and matching scars
Yah you seem to fit rite in
Down down down
Down down down
Take in the night with me I would like to share with you some comfort in taking me in
And when we close our eyes I will disappear into that place where I end and you begin
|
||||
3. |
Hold On Strong
04:18
|
|||
|
Hold On Strong by Jen Lane
So much I want to say
Its ok, it can wait
I think its time to close your eyes
Close your eyes, close your eyes
Tighter than you’ve ever
Closed your eyes, Close your eyes
I don’t mind, take your time
Close your eyes
You got to hold on
You got to hold on strong
I know it hurts, it gets much worse
I know you’ll hold on strong
I could spill out my heart
I could still fall apart
But rite now I, I think its time
To close your eyes, close your eyes
Deeper than you’ve ever
Seen the dark, tiny spark
In your eyes, shut so tight
Dream all night
I know it hurts, it gets much worse
I know you’ll hold on strong
I could spill out my heart
I could still fall apart
So much I love you so
So much I can’t let go
Just close your eyes
With me tonight
Close your eyes
Close your eyes.
|
||||
4. |
Barely Above Me
04:05
|
|||
|
Barely Above Me by Jen Lane
You’re walking away
in your yellow shirt
You’re gracefully getting
Into your car
And the next time I see you
the lights will go down
And you’ll be a star
You are barely above me when we’re sitting down
you are at my level when I’m upside down
All I want to know is what your story is and if I’m in it
because every time I try to figure out what you’re thinking I
get lost in it
But I’ll figure it out
My eyes are on you
My songs are in pieces
Your kisses are floating
Around in the air
And as you are shining
I know you’ll go far
I just don’t know where
You are eye to eye when we’re laying down
And you are so far away when I am this proud
All I want to know is what your story is and if I’m in it
because every time I try to figure out what you’re thinking I
get lost in it
But I’ll figure it out
You walk into me house
You remind me of
A superhero
Behind your shades
And as much as your real now
All that was surreal
Only just fades
|
||||
5. |
Broken Down Train
02:37
|
|||
|
Broken Down Train by Jen Lane
Put in my ticket
Lost the bet
Can’t seem to get
Out of my head
But honey I’m trying
In seven hours
And ninety days
I scratched my way out
Of this cage
And crawled back inside
Cuz I’m a bit of a broken down train
But I’m running just the same
I could still take you all the way
To the top of the world
I hear you calling
Wish I could come
But someone’s ringing
Out my lungs
And I’ll be just fine
I don’t mean to
Go away
I’ll come out some
time today and
Apologize
Cuz I’m a bit of a broken down train
But I’m running just the same
I could still take you all the way
To the top of the world
Cuz I’m a bit of a broken down train
|
||||
6. |
Call On Me
04:30
|
|||
|
Call On Me by Jen Lane
Drank half a bottle of whiskey
Don’t know what I needed to prove
Thought that you’d see I felt tiny
Seemed not to mean much to you
Why wont you call on me, call on me now
You put me into your pocket
Next to a five-dollar bill
You may not know but you have got
The power to crush me at will
I know sometimes I should take my own advice
And maybe its late but I ain’t gonna sleep tonight
So baby, I’m coming back to find you this time
Drunk on a bottle of whiskey
It’s nearly quarter to two
Just wanted to say that I’m sorry
for taking it all out on you.
Why wont you call on me, call on me now
|
||||
7. |
Spell On You
03:08
|
|||
|
Spell On You by Jen Lane
She’ll cross the ocean, she’ll jump in the flames
She’s gonna try to find a boy the she can rearrange but
When she got there, mountain high
She never really had it in her to believe she could fly, well
Why the hell are you so sad?
What could have made you all that mad, that it would make you that much happier to never know fore sure?
I’ll cross the ocean; I’ll jump in the fire
Boy, I could bring alive your every sleeping desire
So I’ll just stay back while I’m still small
Just make sure to save a piece of me when I’m tall cuz
I don’t want you to be sad
I’ll try to never make you mad
Just tell me that you would be happier
to never know fore sure.
Don’t you know she put a spell on you
She put a spell on you my boy +2
Why the hell are you so sad?
What could have made you all that mad, that it would make you that much happier to never know fore sure?
|
||||
8. |
Angie
04:30
|
|
||
9. |
Long Time Coming
03:47
|
|||
|
Long Time Coming by Jen Lane
You made me an offer
I couldn’t refuse
You made my heart heavy
Every time you walked in the room
You made me a reason
Laid out your clean towels
You made me breakfast
While I was in the shower
It’s been a long time coming angel
It’s been a long time coming clean
Don’t know how you spread me open
so easily
You made me a song
You made me brand new
You made it worth giving
Everything I had to you
You make my day
Everyday
Lover I knew
I’d be home someday
It’s been a long time coming angel
It’s been a long time coming clean
Don’t want to know how far to go
Its not long enough I know
It’s been a long time coming angel
Its been a long time coming clean
Don’t know how you found all my pieces
So easily
|
||||
10. |
So Down
03:31
|
|||
|
So Down by Jen Lane
Bent over backwards
Head in the sand
Trying to rationalize
With a bully
He’s out getting drunk again
Just go to bed
Before he gets home tonight
And your thinking
I don’t know how I got so down
You turned my world up side down
I don’t know how I got so down
Bobbing for answers
Hands behind your back
You cry into the pillow
Like a baby
He thinks you’ve been on the prowl
Maybe its because
He thinks that you’re just as low
And your thinking
I don’t know how I got so down…
Well its time to turn your world around
And its time to get yourself up off the ground
Time to get yourself unwound
And its time now
Breathe deeply my dear
We’re almost there
Take what’s left of you and just go
Like a warrior
For get the silver mirror
That you held so dear
You’ve got it in you I know
I don’t know how I got so down…
|
||||
11. |
Calling June
03:42
|
|||
Jen Lane Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Jen Lane is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Saskatoon, SK.
If you like Jen Lane, you may also like:
The latest from the UK’s Chris Brain is a gorgeously wrought album of tender acoustic folk music.
go to album
Tonkori in the moonlight
by OKI
featured on Bandcamp Radio Jan 25, 2022
go to album
featured on Bandcamp Radio Oct 6, 2020
go to album
This album speaks to the continuum of African diasporic culture that is central to the vibrant canon of Americana folk music.
go to album
Durham, NC singer-songwriter Skylar Gudasz makes intimate Americana delivered with dry wit and stunningly precise vocal acumen.
go to album
House and Land
by House and Land
House and Land offer a stirring take on classic Appalachian folk; this is delicate, heartfelt balladry.
go to album
The Alpine Butterfly
by PHILLIP ROEBUCK
Handy with a banjo, persuasive with his dusty vocals, folkster Phillip Roebuck is a toe tap inducing one man band.
go to album
