Jewel - When I Was With You lyrics

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This song was written by Jewel and Steve Poltz--Jewel wrote the

lyrics, but the music (melody) was written by Steve for a song with

different lyrics that appears on Morning Wood. This was Jewel's

response to that song, told from the female's point of view.

Do you remember when we were younger,

all those crazy things that we used to do?

You'd play my hips like drumsets

and sing all your favorite Stevie Wonder tunes

When I was with ya.

Do you remember we did everything together?

I'd share my otter pops with you.

And we would sing in all the slimy slimy barrooms

We'd watch for your cousin Ed on the evening news

When I was with ya

I'd warm your tootsies up, they're always so cold

And I'd fix you supper from leftovers two weeks old

And I'd read you the classified ads in bed

And you would point out all the miserable lives

that I could have had instead of being with you

Could've been Whoopi Goldberg's breasts

Do you remember when you wrote all those letters?

Though I admit they were kind of sick

But still I knew I was your honey sugar dumpling

and just like a good line you'd alweys be there to lick

When I was with ya

Do you remember when you took all those classes?

All those crazy gadgets you would fix

I hated how cluttered our apartment was

I hated our landlord Harry, he was such a dick

When I was with ya

I'd warm your tootsies up, they're always so cold

And I'd fix you supper from leftovers two weeks old

And I'd read you the classified ads in bed

And you would point out all the miserable lives

that I could have had instead of being with you

Could've been Richard Nixon's last pair of clean underwear ?????

Do you remember when we went to Mexico

and stayed in that cute little place

We were honin' our fine love-makin' skills

and you tattoed "I love you" on your face

When I was with ya

I still remember the last time that I saw you

You left me with a hotdog in my hand

Was it cause I didn't want a pickle or was it a pretty senorita

Oh well, there was always stuff that I didn't understand

When I was with ya

I'd warm your tootsies up, they're always so cold

And I'd fix you supper from leftovers two weeks old

And I'd read you the classified ads in bed

And you would point out all the miserable lives

that I could have had instead of being with you Being with you

Being with you

Transcribed by Tom Proven.