Jewel

Released: May 2, 2006

Songwriter: Jewel

Producer: Rob Cavallo Jewel

[Verse 1]
Housewives told to recapture their youth
By wearing floral print and suede
Fixing their hairdos with PC, chemical-free hairspray
Martha Stewart taught them to make on TV
I was raised a farmgirl
I'm too far from home, all alone on the road
Trying to figure out who I am now that the stardust has turned to sand
And the sand has turned to stone on the starmaking machine

[Chorus]
I'm 31 years old
That ain't the end, but it sure ain't where I began

[Verse 2]
And my daddy, he wrote songs and he broke colts
And went back to school to get a degree
Now he teaches music to kids, he taught music to me
And this Alaskan girl has been living in Stephenville, Texas, that is
Yes, you guessed it
I moved here because I fell in love with a man
I moved his ex-old lady's things out of the closet
The same closet I moved my things back in
No, it did not make me feel that great
As if to demonstrate everything's temporary
If you give it enough time

[Chorus]
I'm thirty-one years old
That ain't the end, but it sure ain't where I began

[Verse 3]
But hey, I'm just a kid, I've got nothing to lose
I'm a singer of songs, I'm a player for crowds
Hey Mom, look, I'm an entertainer
I'm a modern day troubadour
Trying to find justice with six strings
Trying to make the world make sense out of me
Trying to be loved completely, trying to love honestly
Trying to find a decent high noon cup of tea
In another hotel
I'm trying to listen to the leaves speak
Trying to steal secrets from fishes in the creek
Trying to figure out who I am
A pretty mediocre cook, an even worse mathematician
Maybe a mother one day
What will it be?

[Verse 4]
I'm trying to figure out who I am
But there's no hand to hold, no Doctor Martin Luther King
There's just sycophants
And the mindlessness on TV
We all read magazines for the latest ways to behave
So hey, why not follow me, the blond bombshell deity?
I'll sell you neat ideas without big words
And a little bit of cleavage to help wash it all down
You know, everybody thought Godard was a clown, man
That ain't gonna be me

[Chorus]
I'm thirty-one years old
That ain't the end, but it sure ain't where I began

[Outro]
Guess that just makes it Stephenville, Texas

Jewel Kilcher was born May 23, 1974 in Payson, Utah and raised in Homer, Alaska by her parents, Atz and Lenedra Carroll Kilcher. She is divorced from husband Ty Murray, with whom they share a son, Kase Townes Murray, who was born on July 11, 2011. Jewel is a singer-songwriter, guitarist, actress and author/poet. She is known for yodeling during her concerts. She has appeared on 7th Heaven and Crime Scene Investigation, among others. She played the lead of June Carter Cash in Ring of Fire, a Lifetime original movie. Besides vocals, instruments that Jewel plays are the guitar and autoharp. Songs that Jewel is noted for include “Foolish Games” and “You Were Meant For Me”.

As of 2010, Jewel has sold 15.2 million albums in her career, according to SoundScan.

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