Jellyfish Blues

from Expandable by Dave Ihmels

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I’m a jellyfish babe
I got no spine in me
I’m a jellyfish babe
I hang languid in a salty sea
And everything would be just fine
If you let me float and flow
And your body don’t brush up against mine

I’m an oyster babe
I’m holdin firmly to my roots
I’m an oyster babe
I’m drinkin water from an empty boot
And I can easily separate my food
From the shit that flows through
No need to put you in a bad mood

Sometimes I go where the currents flow
And they take me to a place I didn’t really mean to be
These are also the times I tend to roll into a ball
And slowly count to three

I’m a spider babe
I got eight legs and arms
That should be enough don’t you think
To keep me safe from harm?
So I’m hidin’ in the corners where it’s safe and real
Easy to avoid all you people who don’t seem to feel

I’m a jellyfish babe
I got no spine in me
I’m a jellyfish babe
I hang languid in a salty sea
And everything would be just fine
And everything would d be just fine
And everything would be just fine
If you let me float and flow
And your body don’t brush up against mine

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from Expandable, released April 8, 2008

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Dave Ihmels Washington, D.C.

I am a performing singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. I write expansive, often experimental, folk-rock music featuring idiosyncratic characters and sonic goodies. I like to put a sparkle around the mundane.

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