The Popular Thing - Jukebox the Ghost

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The Popular Thing Lyrics

Oh, here's to new mornings, to new evenings
Pack your bags babe and we are leaving.
Don't you say no cause I know that you want to go, oh believe me.
Out west babe, out west with rest
we'll go fast and we'll go faster yet
don't you worry, I've been there before
and so has everybody else... everybody's doing it.

So mark on your skin something that you like
some phrase or symbol that might
better say who you were at that time in your life
but not cause everybody else... everybody's doing it.

And if you wanna do the popular thing, oh, well then follow away,
but if you want to find something unique, oh, you can't look that way,
cause if you give it any more than a peek oh,
well you will have changed,
because everybody else... everybody's doing it.

So have kiss, babe, one little kiss
and you won't ever never never never miss it
cause when you get kissed you also get to kiss
and then one thing then leads to another
but don't prematurely make her a mother.
Make sure you love her until death do you part
but not because everybody else... everybody's doing it.

And if you wanna do the popular thing, oh, well then follow away,
but if you want to find something unique, oh, you can't look that way,
cause if you give it any more than a peek oh,
well you will have changed,
because everybody else... everybody's doing it.

Well look now, there's a graveyard
you'll be in one like it or not
you can't pick when but you can pick your lot.

And everybody else.... everybody's doing it.

And if you wanna do the popular thing, oh, well then follow away,
but if you want to find something unique, oh, you can't look that way,
cause if you give it any more than a peek, oh,
well you will have changed,
because everybody else... everybody's doing it.

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Hailing from Philadelphia, Jukebox the Ghost writes a fresh breed of melodic pop tunes driven by fiery rock momentum. With quirky lyrics and inventive songwriting, fans and critics have drawn parallels with the pop sensibility of Elvis Costello, the flamboyance of Queen, the wit of They Might Be Giants, and the creative rock of The Flaming Lips.

Jukebox the Ghost is a Washington, D.C.-born, Brooklyn-based three-piece rock band. The band consists of Ben Thornewill (vocals & piano), Tommy Siegel (vocals & guitar) and Jesse Kristin (drums). Since 2006, Jukebox the Ghost has toured extensively.

In 2003, Ben, Tommy, and Jesse met while attending George Washington University. Shortly after, they formed a band called The Sunday Mail. They took a semester's break to study abroad, and re-formed upon returning as Jukebox the Ghost. They came up with the name after combining lyrics from a Captain Beefheart song and a line from the book Pnin by Vladimir Nabokov.

In 2008, they released their first album "Let Live & Let Ghosts", and began playing new songs in concerts.

Jukebox the Ghost recorded a cover of Ace of Base's "Beautiful Life" for Engine Room Recordings' compilation album Guilt by Association Vol. 2, which was released in November 2008.

Following their tour with Ben Folds in early April 2009, they began their headlining tour in the UK with Nightmare of You. They began their headlining tour with Jenny Owen Youngs back in the United States on April 30 in Chicago, IL. This tour lasted into June, at which point they temporarily stopped touring to concentrate on their next album, "Everything Under the Sun." The band began recording for the new album on September 29th, 2009 at Tarquin Studios in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

In February 2010, Jukebox the Ghost toured across Europe with Adam Green of The Moldy Peaches. This was followed by a separate tour in the United States with bands Tally Hall and Skybox. They will begin touring once again in late May 2010 with the band Free Energy, and will be playing at Lollapalooza in Chicago this August.

"The Popular Thing," a song from their upcoming album, is featured in the movie Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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