Voicemail For Jill chords by Amanda Palmer

Intro:
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Verse 1:

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Jill, it's Amanda, just waving from London

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I know that you're going tomorrow, the hardest decision

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  And I've been on the side of the phone for a month

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And I know you're in hell and you know that I know what you're feeling

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   Life's such a bitch, isn't it?

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  When you have a baby, they throw you a party

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And then when you die they get together for a cry

Chorus:

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But ... no one's gonna celebrate you

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No one's gonna bring you cake

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And no one's gonna shower you with flowers

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The doctor won't congratulate you

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No one on that pavement's gonna

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Shout at you that your heart also matters

Interlude:
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Verse 2:

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I'm not sure that you'll get this in time

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I don't know if you're checking your voicemail at all

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But in case it's the morning

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And you're off at the green line and walking through Copley

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I want you to stop for a second, I want you to listen

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 You don't need to offer the right explanation

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You don't need to beg for redemption or ask for forgiveness

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 And you don't need a courtroom inside of your head

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Where you're acting as judge and accused and defendant and witness

Bridge:

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   It's a strange grief but it's grief

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Look at all the women in the street

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You know the statistics, Jill

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Even though they may not help

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Isn't it amazing

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How we can never tell

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Who is in an identical hell

Interlude:
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Chorus:

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No one's gonna celebrate you

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No one's gonna bring you cake

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And no one's gonna shower you with flowers

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The doctor won't congratulate you

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No one on that pavement's gonna

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Shout at you that your heart also matters

Chorus:

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No one's gonna compliment you

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No one's gonna nod their head

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And wink in league with what you are pursuing

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No one's gonna tie surprise balloons onto your desk at work

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And no one's gonna ask you how you're doing

Outro:

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But ... I'll be back in Boston by next Thursday

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Why don't I come over?

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I can bring some friends if you want us to come

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We can bring you cake and we can bring you flowers

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We can bring you wine and we can talk for hours

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Ukulele by request

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We'll throw you the best

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Abortion shower