Name: Penny Jar
Duration: P00H04M13S
Description: I did a lot of floating around abroad in my early 20s. "Penny Jar" is about my time spent in Paris. It recalls the inevitable ups and downs of living on my own in a different country, without much direction in mind.

Penny Jar

from Passing Russell Square [EP] by Josefina

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I did a lot of floating around abroad in my early 20s. "Penny Jar" is about my time spent in Paris. It recalls the inevitable ups and downs of living on my own in a different country, without much direction in mind.

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Eating a sandwich by a river,
It's a nice tonight's dinner,
As you think of the book you last started.
Nothing's mundane here,
Not even the paper,
That receipt that you got had those funny words.

And far away,
The skies are grey,
And people, they're at work,
They're paying bills and writing wills and crying.
And here you are with your penny jar and a smile upon your face,
You are alone, alone, but not lonely.

I got a lover with a toothache,
He'll be gone by next Tuesday,
Meeting someone for coffee,
But I'm already late.
Conversations I'll remember,
And others that won't venture past the point of the weather,
I'd rather get home.

And far away,
It's a sunny day,
And people, they're at work,
They're making plans and shaking hands and growing.
And here you are with your penny jar and a frown upon your face,
You're not alone, not alone, but you're lonely.

And what's so bad about home anyhow?
They got parks to write songs in,
They got parties to go to and places to see,
They even got people you don't understand.

credits

from Passing Russell Square [EP], released November 10, 2015
Vocal & Piano - Josefina
12 String Electric Guitar - Joe Darnaby
B-bender Guitar - Michael Lux
Bass - Jim Tuerk
Drums - Alex Hall
Pedal Steel - Jeff Lyman
Backing vocals - Jim Tuerk, Michael Lux, Josefina

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Josefina Chicago, Illinois

Josefina is a singer-songwriter based in Chicago, originally from Buenos Aires. Her lush vocal stylings pair with alt- country production full of piano, acoustic guitars, B-bender and 12-string that would have found an easy home on Asylum Records in the 1970s. ... more

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