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Hey, Ain't that Just Life

from Meanwhile, Back on Earth​.​.​. by Barefoot Bran

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This song is perhaps inspired by the old adage that you buy a car to get to the job that you got to pay off that car. We struggle and strive to attain things we think we need when all we really need sometimes is the peace of simplicity.

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Unjolly Jack Johnson drove a giant jeep
To wake up he drank coffee, but he could not sleep
Got a second job, cuz the debt was too steep
But hey he has a sick ride

Unjolly Jack bought that car because
He needed a way to get to his two jobs
That he got so that car could be paid off
But hey, ain’t that just life

Unjolly Jill lived up on that hill
A seventeen room mansion she could barely fill
She thought all her credit cards would surely pay the bills
But hey, ain’t that just life

And the two will always be climbing that ladder
Building a house of credit cards, and watching them scatter
And they lived for overtime
But hey, ain’t that just life

Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch what they were after
When they got to the top, they heard the sound of laughter
And realized with open eyes that they were falling faster
They’ve been living a lie
But hey ain’t that just life

When they came to the bottom of that very tall hill
Unjolly Jack turned and said to Unjolly Jill
I used to lose sleep over a giant jeep
I think I’m ready to sell

And the two realized what really mattered
It’s not the stuff you buy or the money you gather
But what you let go up on top of the hill
That’s what Jolly Jack and Jolly Jill
Learned at the bottom of that hill









Unjolly Jack Johnson drove a giant jeep
To wake up he drank coffee, but he could not sleep
Got a second job, cuz the debt was too steep
But hey he has a sick ride

Unjolly Jack bought that car because
He needed a way to get to his two jobs
That he got so that jeep would be paid off
But hey, ain’t that just life

Unjolly Jill lived up on that hill
A seventeen room mansion she could barely fill
She thought all her credit cards would surely pay the bills
But hey, ain’t that just life

And the two will always be climbing that ladder
Building a house of credit cards, and watching them scatter
And they lived for overtime
But hey, ain’t that just life

Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch what they were after
When they got to the top, they heard the sound of laughter
And realized with open eyes that they were falling faster
They’ve been living a lie
But hey ain’t that just life

When they got to the bottom of that very tall hill
Unjolly Jack turned and said to Unjolly Jill
I used to lose sleep over a giant jeep
I think I’m ready to sell

And the two realized what really mattered
It’s not the stuff you buy or the money you gather
But what you let go up on top of the hill
That’s what Jolly Jack and Jolly Jill
Learned at the bottom of that hill

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from Meanwhile, Back on Earth​.​.​., released April 4, 2021

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Barefoot Bran Kansas City, Kansas

Bran crafts his unique, down-to-earth folk songs that tell stories that are fun, inspiring, insightful, and ofttimes humorous.

From heart-felt songs of world peace, to earthy tunes of Nature; from epic myths and stories, there’s sure to be something in Bran’s music for any groovy, tree-huggin’, peace-lovin’ soul! ... more

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