Name: A Pickle Jar Remains
Duration: P00H05M57S
Description: Ah the joys of graduating college and not having a single clue what practical application your degree can bring. It makes it worse when all you want to do is rock out. I'd love to sing this song at a college graduation and then dodge the parents' screams. On another note I think this is my best recorded harmonica solo so far.

A Pickle Jar Remains

from Home to Roast by Jet W. Lee

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Ah the joys of graduating college and not having a single clue what practical application your degree can bring. It makes it worse when all you want to do is rock out. I'd love to sing this song at a college graduation and then dodge the parents' screams. On another note I think this is my best recorded harmonica solo so far.

lyrics

Upon this single mattress
Floating somewhere out in space
In a most uncertain state

I had a grand illusion
Of myself once, as a king
I was struggling with the reins

Can you face the strain?
You’re in a most uncertain state
Can you make the change (Oh)
With what little that remains (Oh, Oh)

I was left out here to pasture
In this field of pollen grains
And I was left out here to graze

Tried to turn my knowledge of the history books
Into a living wage
For beyond the final page

Can you face the strain?
You're in a most uncertain state
Can you make the change? (Oh)
With what little that remains (Oh, Oh)

Now I won’t apologize
Don’t think that I am vain
But my only wish remains

To place all of my pennies
In a pickle jar remains
My only wish remains

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from Home to Roast, released April 1, 2010
Jesse W. Johnson - guitar, harmonica, vocals
Yoo Soo Kim - viola

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Jet W. Lee Chicago, Illinois

One of Chicago's most exciting rock bands, Jet W. Lee continues a tradition of original rock that alternates between fast, fiery diatribes and atmospheric short stories. The band formed in Chicago in 2009 and since then they've brought their high-energy performances to over 35 states across the country. Jet W. Lee are currently working on their 3rd album, Dream is a Dark Cloud. ... more

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