The Ballad of Millie Rosa Jane
from The Book was Better by The Doubleclicks
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lyrics
I knew a girl who was once like you and me
but then she found the ocean and
now she is free
now she is right where she wanted to be
there’s no cell towers on the open sea
Millie Rosa Jane, Millie Rosa Jane
did it make you happy to sail far away?
teach us what you learned, we’ve been waiting for the day
of the return of Ms. Millie Rosa Jane
Millie told us all that she wanted to get out
the internet had left her with a time freedom drought
no number of tweets stack up to the amount
of joy you recieve when you delete your account
Millie Rosa Jane, Millie Rosa Jane
you said that the ocean could liberate from pain
has all of your freedom opened up your brain
what have you made, Ms. Millie Rosa Jane?
did she read and relax, did she live like a queen
did she paint the best pictures the world has ever seen?
I guess we’ll never know, ’cause we haven’t heard a thing
since the day that she left in 2015
the call of the ocean is ever seductive
away from the web you can be so productive
but not knowing how to sail may make it destructive
at least we agree that your choice was instructive
Millie Rosa Jane, Millie Rosa Jane
could have turned off your laptop and boarded a train
you could’ve set your phone to the mode of airplane
then you’d still be alive, Ms. Millie Rosa Jane
but then she found the ocean and
now she is free
now she is right where she wanted to be
there’s no cell towers on the open sea
Millie Rosa Jane, Millie Rosa Jane
did it make you happy to sail far away?
teach us what you learned, we’ve been waiting for the day
of the return of Ms. Millie Rosa Jane
Millie told us all that she wanted to get out
the internet had left her with a time freedom drought
no number of tweets stack up to the amount
of joy you recieve when you delete your account
Millie Rosa Jane, Millie Rosa Jane
you said that the ocean could liberate from pain
has all of your freedom opened up your brain
what have you made, Ms. Millie Rosa Jane?
did she read and relax, did she live like a queen
did she paint the best pictures the world has ever seen?
I guess we’ll never know, ’cause we haven’t heard a thing
since the day that she left in 2015
the call of the ocean is ever seductive
away from the web you can be so productive
but not knowing how to sail may make it destructive
at least we agree that your choice was instructive
Millie Rosa Jane, Millie Rosa Jane
could have turned off your laptop and boarded a train
you could’ve set your phone to the mode of airplane
then you’d still be alive, Ms. Millie Rosa Jane
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from The Book was Better,
released May 10, 2019
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The Doubleclicks Portland, Oregon
The Doubleclicks - Laser Malena-Webber and Aubrey Turner, also known as musical duo the Doubleclicks write songs about dinosaurs, cats, anxiety, and queer feelings on the cello and guitar, and welcome you to imagine the name of that genre. Their latest project is a musical, "Teaching a Robot to Love," which is a sci-fi story about the trans experience. ... more
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