Craig Finn - Jessamine Lyrics

I met Jessamine in Cherry Hill
Her dress all done in daffodils
The sticker on her skateboard said, "Speed kills"
And, yeah, it probably did just what it said

I only knew for like three weeks straight
And the whole time we were wide awake
You know "Trenton Makes, the World Takes?"
She had it spray painted over her bed

We used to hang around in her room
Getting off on all the gloom and the doom
Watching cavemen in the cartoons
Playing Xylophones made out of bones

She was sexy, but still death obsessed
She said the bloodshed makes such a mess
But you really don't even have to market it
Yeah, it pretty much sells itself

I should have asked her before she departed
How did all these wars get started?
Why do rival crews show up at the same parties
If they hate each other so much?
It's like they're secretly in love

She said, "Suspicion isn't wisdom
And the drones look just like doves"
There was something laying siege to her kingdom
But she never really said what it was

While the incense turned to ashes
And the sunrise was unsure
Jessamine musta had some dreams
But she never really said what they were
Yeah, she never really said what they were

We kind of ended how we began
Jessamine meeting a man
And liking that man just a little bit more
Than the boy she had before

I hadn't even seen her since
I guess this new guy was some kind of prince
I guess his castle was a front for some fence
Then the whole damn city got warm
And they were trying to ride out that storm

'Cause the rain is inconsistent
And the thunder's insincere
'Cause it makes a big commotion
But eventually it clears

I went out to San Francisco
And some sailor stole my shirt
I was sitting on the passenger side in a taxi
The first time that I heard

That she was probably speeding
And no one else was hurt
Jessamine musta had some dreams
But she never really said what they were
Yeah, she never really said what they were