I Put My Headphones On - Jill Sobule

I’m in the wings

When you push me on

But I’ll never learn

The words to the songs

And there I stand naked

They’re staring at me

Laughing at me

I’m by the locker

Turning the dial

The hallway is empty

And stretches for miles

I’m on a boat

And it go over falls

You reach for my hand but

It just breaks off

Suddenly wake up

It was only a dream

I’m back in the good cage that you made for me

But when you are working or fast asleep

I put my headphones on

I put my headphones on

I’m in the backyard

Burying the bones

Don’t know why I did it

Hope no one will know

I can’t seem to hide

The remains of my crime

I never learned to fly

Suddenly wake up

It was only a dream

I’m back in the good cage that you made for me

But there may be someone who listens to me

I’ll put my headphones on

I’ll put my headphones on

I’ll put my headphones on

I’ll put my headphones on

Flip the record

Headphones on

Court and Spark, the seventh song

Joni Sings Love is gone

Love is gone

Janis Ian’s Seventeen

That song from 10cc

Alone Again, Naturally

Someone has it worse than me

Sam Stone, Major Tom

Captain Jack and Delta Dawn

Alvin Tostig, Sweet Jane

Music, wash away my pain

I’ll put my headphones on

I’ll put my headphones on

(Love is gone)

I’ll put my headphones on

(Sam Stone, Major Tom

Captain Jack and Delta Dawn)

I’ll put my headphones on

I’ll put my headphones on

I’ll put my headphones on

I’ll put my headphones on