Thanks to the lovely Shawn of Everything and Nothing for Twittering about this song. I downloaded the album and I’m finally sort of enjoying this terminal case of the blues.
“Milk is spoiled
Clothes need washing
the baby’s crying down the hallsupper was ruined
dishes still need doing
Ain’t a damn thing on TV at allI got chains
Around my ankles
And I got chains
Around my heart
I see my dreams
Flying out that window
Catching a fast freight train
Rolling through the dark
And I’m standing still
UnfulfilledTired of tasting sulfur
Damn this river water
Lately no he ain’t been
Too much help, no
He wasn’t always this lazy
I guess he’s just gone crazy
He’s probably feeling
The same way I feel myselfI got chains
Around my ankles
And I got chains
Around my heart
I see my dreams
Flying out that window
Catching a fast freight train
Rolling through the dark
And I’m unfulfilled
Can’t you see me
Unfulfilled
That’s right
UnfulfilledLace is faded
Another day gets wasted
And I’m wondering if my mom and daddy
Done it this way
Such a comfortable situation
But it hides a quiet desperation
And I reckon that’s the reason
Why I stay‘Cause I got chains
Around my ankles
I got chains
Around my heart
And I see my dreams
Just flying out that window
Catching a fast freight train
Rolling through the dark
And I’m unfulfilledUnfulfilled, and I’m standing still.”
— Jessi Alexander, “Unfulfilled“