Jam Eater Blues (Song)

Jam Eater Blues
Album	Jam Eater Blues
Released	2001
Artist	the Mountain Goats
Length	3:07
Next Track	"Store"

Jam Eater Blues is the first song on the single Jam Eater Blues.

Lyrics

Life is too short to refrain from eating jam out of the jar
Life is too short to refrain from eating jam out of the jar
And life is too short to wait around for you to come home tonight
Life is too short, too short to do that

Life is too short to leave the windows open all winter long
Life is too short to leave the windows open all winter long
I'm gonna lock 'em up tight and eat jam out of the jar all night
'Cause life is too short to make toast, or use spoons or napkins 

Life is too short to spend the rest of it down here in Tampa
Life is too short to spend the rest of it down here in Tampa
Yeah, life is too short to let it go to waste like this
But I've never tasted jam before that tastes like this
And life is too short to refrain from eating jam out of the jar

Comments by John Darnielle About this Song

• "I'm very pleased with the title of this one because it's not every day that you come up with the title of a blues song that you're pretty sure hasn't been used." -- 1999-10-09 - Crossing Border - Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Live Shows this Song Was Played at

• 1999-10-09 - Crossing Border - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• 2000-02-06 - The Press - Claremont, CA
• 2004-10-15 - The Social - Orlando, FL
• 2004-10-19 - Village Tavern - Mt. Pleasant, SC
• 2006-12-31 - Falls Festival - Lorne, Australia
• 2012-01-24 - The Social - Orlando, FL
• 2012-05-03 - The Great Northern - Byron Bay, Australia
• 2012-07-28 - Antiwarpt Festival - St. Petersburg, FL
• 2012-12-03 - Cain's Ballroom - Tulsa, OK
• 2012-12-09 - Club Congress - Tucson, AZ
• 2013-06-09 - Higher Ground Ballroom - South Burlington, VT
• 2014-04-15 - Pearl Street Ballroom - Northampton, MA
• 2015-04-13 - Union Transfer - Philadelphia, PA
• 2015-06-07 - Houston Free Press Festival - Houston, TX
• 2015-10-10 - The Orpheum - Tampa, FL
• 2016-10-26 - Downtown Artery - Fort Collins, CO
• 2017-12-06 - Carolina Theatre - Durham, NC
• 2018-04-23 - Ardmore Music Hall - Ardmore, PA
• 2020-02-21 - Swedish American Hall - San Francisco, CA
• 2022-05-15 - Washington's - Fort Collins, CO
• 2023-07-13 - The Vanguard - Tulsa, OK
• 2024-02-29 - Teragram Ballroom - Los Angeles, CA
• 2024-03-02 - The Neptune - Seattle, WA

Videos of this Song

• 2013-06-09 - Higher Ground Ballroom - South Burlington, VT
• 2015-10-10 - The Orpheum - Tampa, FL