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Same as Cash
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Album

Jenny from Thebes

Released

October 27, 2023

Length

3:45

Previous Track

"From the Nebraska Plant"

Next Track

"Water Tower"

Same as Cash is the eighth song on Jenny from Thebes. On the back cover of the vinyl edition, this song is subtitled "She trades in her old car and buys a Kawasaki GPz750 Turbo."

Lyrics[]

You were still attached to your Civic sedan, 
Although the brakes always needed repair
You were headed out to buy some supplies
You could smell the threat of rain in the air
I can only see the scene second-hand
I can only try to understand
How a small amount of pressure in the right place
Breaks the strongest link in the chain
In your car with your head in your hands
At the far end of the Walmart parking lot
Trying not to buckle under the strain

Every single night after prime time
Loud enough to hear in your sleep
The salesman from the lot half a mile from here 
Yelling down the hood of his Jeep
I’ll take anything that the others won’t
I can see the value where others don’t
Just a small amount of pressure in the right place 
Two fingers to the temporal vein
In your car with your head in your hands 
At the far end of the Walmart parking lot
Trying not to buckle under the strain
 
Striking a bargain with the imp in your brain
Prepared to take another knock for the short gain
But you can ask any veteran running back
Eventually your joints complain

You were headed home at 80 miles an hour 
With your fingers sweating under your gloves
Everyone deserves a little light in their hair 
Everybody needs to love, and be loved
That’s what all the people say, anyway
I can save my thoughts for another day
Maybe a small amount of pressure in the right place 
Anything to help with the pain
In your car with your head in your hands 
At the far end of the Walmart parking lot
Trying not to buckle under the strain 

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