Joanna Newsom - Good Intentions Paving Company (with lyrics)

[@soulg1969]

"Get this joy off of my chest" and "In love with the hook upon which everything hangs" are two of my favorite lines in all of my music.

[@cooporlando]

"watching me sit here, bolt upright, and cry at no good reason at the Eastering sky." The power of a moment like this and to share it with someone.

[@j.c7719]

That line never fails to give me goosebumps 🎶

[@sillyd0g]

the line "i'm in love with the hook upon which everyone hangs" makes me feel like a slug being salted i love it so much

[@chanlizzie]

"makes me feel like a slug being salted" is just as evocative a line as anything from this song. Wow.

[@maxfitz8577]

this is so real

[@williamwardell8731]

If slugs know love, I doubt it's for being salted, but I'm sure you're very quirky and after a close reading of her poetry you realized your particular zaniness is expressed by Newsom and now everybody in the comments knows to associate your inane npc dialogue with her wordsmithing

[@sillyd0g]

@@williamwardell8731 hey man . what the fuck are you talking about.

[@maxfitz8577]

@@williamwardell8731why are u miserable

[@mariegueuledeloup]

i always come back to this song whenever i need to exercise mercy (towards myself, the people i love, the times we’ve hurt each other)

[@hashkeeper]

this song is absolutely ridiculous. quiet possibly one of the best songs humankind has ever produced.

[@MrZevers]

I love how this can almost feel like an understatement.

[@Martdogg3000]

This album holds up ridiculously well.

[@michellerogers6566]

A dazzling talent - I will never, ever forget the ecstasy of attending her live performances in Dublin.

[@user-fi5cq8tq7g]

Just dumped out of nowhere after 2.5 years. This song hits more than ever. I think it’s gonna define this time in my life for a long long while. Hope she starts doing live shows again soon. Joanna, thanks for giving us the gift of your music

[@kellzmoylan9089]

kilby block party

[@dumbguy5949]

Heard this at a wake 13 years ago. It definitely becomes a song for decades if you capture the moment

[@Daniel79450]

You can pick any line from any song from any album of JN and it s profound, deep beautiful amazing etc etc . An artistic genius. Life changing

[@doctorduskofficial]

"I regret how I said to you, 'Honey, just open your heart' when I have trouble even opening a honey jar" drives me absolutely insane

[@ichirosuzuki2252]

jesus christ, having said something similar to someone I was dating in the hopes that they'd be able to make me open my heart... and not actually being able to reciprocate like I was hoping I would be able to, and hurting them... yeah, this line is rough.

[@horsehangout]

Yep

[@marcmt4171]

Probably some of the best lyrics of any English language indie song. period. Really gets at your guts and everytime I give it a good listen I discover a new feeling or memory.

[@TheKiffles]

First time hearing this song: "Oh wow this is fun and quirky hahah :D" Thirty-six replays in, after looking up lyrics: *lays head on desk and cries over feelings.*

[@monicabhide319]

+TheKiffles ^me

[@cannedkitty]

This whole album is fucking depressing. It's a masterpiece that kills you

[@hevermiranda9871]

+cannedkitty Except Esme. Esme is pure.

[@1WEareBUFO1]

Octoppai Eight boobs........

[@tannazn296]

Beautiful

[@nacarreira777]

This girl is a freak of nature...amazing music and lyrics.

[@sgtlonelyheartsclubband2844]

This song has been so important to me over the last few years it has really helped me to deal through some serious times

[@ladyheroin.v4143]

💯

[@marcmt4171]

This song blows me away with every listen. It's so smart and sensitive and sand hopeful and subtle and honest and refreshing while also familiar.

[@i.hold.vertigo2329]

One of the best songs this decade has to offer, imo.

[@BootziePootzie]

You’re wrong

[@seenochasm7101]

@@BootziePootziedamn they so wrong their opinion isn’t even valid. Crazy stuff m8

[@Canyon_Lark]

@@BootziePootzie what's ur list? of the best songs of that decade

[@hhhehehe4800]

I come here everyday

[@vminweddingcaterer3675]

nice to see u

[@_sumina]

Oh really

[@llsspp]

This is one of the great Americana albums. As an English person it feels so richly infused with American culture, like the feeling of the frontier, white picket fences, the America we only know from movies, somehow is captured for me in this album. Love her x

[@aclikeslater]

To be a fly on the wall at a hangout between her and Bernie Taupin...

[@alongalostaway]

Repent and move to america

[@kateevans2976]

Well said!

[@nowwithmorekick]

" when ive been trying with my whole heart and soul to stay right here in the right lane but it can make you feel over and old lord you know its a shame when i want you to pull over and hold me till i cant remember my own name"

[@BartBart22]

Gets me every time I hear it.

[@michellerogers6566]

Absolutely poleaxed the first time I heard those lyrics!

[@j.c7719]

I got this album on vinyl as a Christmas present. The best present I’ve ever recieved

[@MacIntoshMann]

never noticed “auld lang syne sealed delivered”. funniest line i’ve heard in ages.

[@missmylarose]

I never understood that line, please explain 🙏🏽

[@MacIntoshMann]

@@missmylarose It’s a play on words, referring to the Scottish folk song “Auld Lang Syne” and the phrase “signed, sealed, delivered”. Auld Lang Syne is traditionally sung at the start of the new year to say goodbye to the old and welcoming in what is to come in the next year. “Signed, sealed, delivered” refers to some kind of binding contract that has been handled properly, where everything is in order. In the context of the song, the line seems to be saying that her love for this new partner of hers is full and without any doubt (signed, sealed…) and marks the start of a new chapter of her life (Auld Lang Syne). But the real reason I love the line is that it’s such a good pun!

[@belleme861]

she is such a genius

[@ykiddb]

melizza belle definitely genius!

[@aileraguilar3976]

Damn 💖

[@thirdmann3]

love the syncopated piano outro. so fun.

[@NateGBakker]

I am obsessed with this song. Who am I kidding, I am obsessed with Joanna.

[@Nickee_Sonicjinn]

Who's listening to this masterpiece in October 2024?

[@charlottemerrick7133]

the soundtrack to the first time i ever drove cross country, moving from ny to california, with my siblings the 2 most important people in the world to me. "and i have never in my life before been here..."

[@Emma-zb8vx]

One of my favourites from her! So beautiful!

[@Asparagus89]

Makes me tear up everytime... I love the lyrics so much..

[@changstein]

That last minute is such a sweet banjo groove

[@oaoj835]

I regret how I said to you "honey, just open your heart" when I've got trouble even opening a honey jar

[@okcampmerricat]

I've listened to this about thirty times in the past three weeks. I first heard it about two years ago but it didn't speak to me or relate to me. Now it does, and I can't turn it off.

[@AlijahWright]

this is one of 2 songs to ever make me cry but dude i cry everytime. it’s not even a sad song

[@wiccanfour]

Saw her show in Bloomington Indiana a few years back. Which i can describe in one word. BREATHTAKING!.

[@cannedkitty]

Joanna newsom is a crazy genius

[@matttisdell2455]

Michael Bravo ys>>>

[@willkoestner4159]

Shes really got something doesnt she

[@j.c7719]

Immense uber talent

[@MrBothandNether]

Perfectly synced vibrato backing vocals set to stun

[@dirteesyncs]

This comment made me laugh out loud 😂

[@j.c7719]

@@dirteesyncs why?

[@dirteesyncs]

@@j.c7719 it was just a funny description.

[@j.c7719]

@@dirteesyncs Fair enough 😂

[@joemama2499]

Anyone else been here since they were 13 and are now 25 or older or just me

[@janieswurld491]

First listened back when I was only 22 and now I’m in my mid 30s - she’ll always have such a special part of my heart !

[@MrZevers]

First listened when I was 23, now I'm 37, and this is still one of my favourite songs on this life

[@VoldakHorasimov]

Jojo remains in the heart forever

[@J0ELLEx]

I don’t feel like anyone besides God really gets me, so to have a song that gets me and to know that someone else is experiencing something similar is monumentally comforting

[@EtAnimo]

"Auld Lang Syne" is the famous NYE poem/song. It starts with "Should old acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind?" It's often a call to not let old relationships be forgotten, but of course you can answer "yes" AND "no" to that first question. "Signed sealed delivered" evokes a sense of certainty, even irreversibility. This tension between fond rememberance and 'it was going to happen anyway' seems - to me at least - to be a theme of the album.

[@iHeartCoolStuff]

EtAnimo never caught that little play on words till I watched this with the lyrics

[@user-kh9ki3kq8m]

I just realized that pun a few weeks ago. She does it quite often in songs.

[@TheZildjian11]

iHeartCoolStuff what play on words?

[@billyhowever]

signed, sealed, delivered is a hit song from stevie wonder. its also a music joke

[@BartBart22]

I don't think the word should in Auld Lang Syne asks a question but rather it''s the alternate meaning where it's used to indicate what is possible or probable to occur in the future.

[@alexfiero1996]

On first listen I thought this was really weird and didn’t enjoy it all that much. For some reason though I wanted to listen again... so I did. Now after listening to it multiple times I love it! So strange. It was similar to trying black coffee for the first time (which I now love). I’m no pretentious music listener but what an experience. Usually I love a song right away and that’s it.

[@quocnguyen6474]

God, she's so good.

[@babiesl]

this song is always so lovely to revisit. what wonderfulness.

[@isedray]

This song just makes me smile...I love it!

[@royverner8141]

Some of the most clever, evocative lyrics since Bob Dylan. Timeless.

[@sojo6429]

listening in 2021 and i feel optimistic

[@Dreadwin]

The lack of love/comments on this song... so disturbing. This song doesn't have the same sweeping beauty as the other songs in this album, but it has SO MUCH CHARACTER. This is probably my favorite song on the album. It deserves a hell of a lot more love than this!

[@josscavaciuti7292]

This song is the 0630 plane to Newcastle to see a girlfriend. Beautiful memories looking back.

[@outbacknoir]

That last line gets me every time ;_;

[@BartBart22]

Yeah

[@JonShannow92]

What a gorgeous masterpiece

[@DiamondPickGames]

Anyone else here right after first looking up The Night Zombies, then I Like Being, and now this one????

[@lemonsnowcone]

yup lol ngl i dont like any of them HAHA

[@brandonpalmarodriguez2409]

literally 😂🤟

[@ricardoduarte8709]

Only the zombies one was actually good, this shit be like those black & white dialog-free conceptual films that weird kid watches

[@maedotamha109]

Yup metoo

[@olallagutierrez9945]

Yeah I'm wondering why this isn't in spotify though

[@hakhpu693]

I really like this !

[@Mia-nq5po]

there is no song on earth like this one

[@Hbot208]

Just heard this on the radio the other night and I dunno why, but it makes me a little sad. Lovely song though, easily worth crying a little on the inside to listen to

[@zee9134]

“when i only want for you to pull over and hold me till i can’t remember my own name”

[@samhancock9789]

I heard this song when I was in love with someone, hopelessly. I ended things before covid on a whim and we ended up back together a year later so I came back to hear this again… Just felt it all even stronger. Joanna can write a goddamn authentic love song.

[@pinds83]

Love this song. I've had it stuck in my head all day. :)

[@cooporlando]

I have, multiple times, found myself listening to it over and over again. Like a one song playlist.

[@killawoof138]

My entire heart

[@dylonlascelles5169]

She's the smartest most beautiful woman I ever knew

[@EtAnimo]

There's also a Stevie Wonder song, "Signed Sealed Delivered", that might also be a piece of the puzzle. There are several references to actual songs throughout GIPC, so she might be alluding to his song too. Even if she isn't directly referencing Wonder's song, it seems oddly fitting for a song like GIPC.

[@matthewsciberras3279]

masterpiece

[@shinjutsu4235]

They are night Zombies/I like being/

[@anujinsukhbat4031]

actaully not that good all 3 of them

[@cooperross1797]

Someone saw the TikTok

[@shinjutsu4235]

@@anujinsukhbat4031 nah bruh I like "I like being"

[@monval9494]

@@cooperross1797 I SAW THE TIKTOK LMAO

[@paraskeviekarayianna1556]

😂

[@jrmybwedding]

I was just watching the Aoife O'Donovan, Chris Eldridge & Julian Lage acoustic cover of this and thinking about how this is one of the best songs of the decade.

[@chim-choo-ree]

Well, I had no idea that existed. I'm off to check it out!

[@yasirm.k.61]

I absolutely love this song

[@katrinaklobuchar2717]

I want this played at my 'death party'

[@1WEareBUFO1]

The greatest album of all time, unless art makes your empty soul chafe.

[@YIASEMIDE]

Anyone else here 40 years to the day after our John was taken from us? Stay safe, all.

[@FunQLove]

Amazing, as always

[@oonderground]

And this is how rock rolls...

[@RickesRives]

It's sad to learn that after such a hopeful, lovely ending to this song, there exists Does Not Suffice at the end of the album.

[@kupsna]

I'm not sure it's hopeful... more like, the emptiness after crying until you cant anymore.

[@wpbn5613]

it's not hopeful but i don't think it's nearly as pessimistic as what you described.... i think it's more of the "feeling of dying in the arms of your beloved" kind of sadness

[@jll5568]

@ 5:35 you think it's over....but no...just gets better.

[@geeginger88]

this song is too fucking beautiful.

[@The-Growroom]

"Auld lang syne, sealed, delivered" bruhhh

[@paulagoodrich-ashurst3851]

Wow,...wow, wow!

[@trspssrsw]

AMAZING

[@beatsbykana]

fantano ain't lying that song is good

[@giovanniforlino]

This song is fucking awesome. Love the slow part

[@MrVoyaging]

It was uploaded two years after the rest of the album.

[@kateee4440]

instantly in a good mood.

[@thesoundofdreams]

still the best

[@jessicaa.m.harper1727]

"when I only want you to pull over and hold me until I can't remember my own name"

[@deanthefish314]

She's just the best

[@amgm1996]

and its my heart, not me, who cannot drive

[@EtAnimo]

I'm surprised more people haven't caught on to the "auld lang syne"/"signed, sealed, delivered" pun.

[@johnr797]

Everyone caught on to it

[@chim-choo-ree]

What John said.

[@matthewkaree7348]

When I only want for you to pull over and hold me till I can’t remember my own name

[@35js]

Absolute genius

[@dontmakeabigdealoutofit]

And no amount of talking is gonna soften the fall

[@killawoof138]

I fell for you honey easy as falling asleep

[@francismurray-becerra2747]

this song slaps so hard, white people really do have culture I guess...damn

[@thecactus7950]

What a stupid comment

[@vmcovers1]

They are night Zombies and I Like Being were pretty underwhelming but this song is incredibly beautiful, Im so glad I found her music

[@strangelilbird6648]

I've been looking for the music sheet for this song for way too long... Anyone knows where i might find it?

[@leoschmeo]

It relates to me with the nation as it is today. Kamala is our rising star.

[@chim-choo-ree]

Joanna Newsom is better than the things you like.

[@chim-choo-ree]

Put this on my epitaph.

[@candycane1540]

“when i only want you to pull over and hold me till i cant remember my own name" :’(((((((((

[@isabelavasco9321]

que hino

[@fawnthefawn13]

heap on the floor aisle me

[@RossBaby91]

I wanna drink wine and act really fancy to this song

[@johnrankin7135]

This is a sloppy wine drunk song imo

[@lukefranceschini4437]

L therfrorkrRll rud2r tx r🚁

[@chim-choo-ree]

I wanna drink whisky and cry

[@YIASEMIDE]

Magic

[@beefcaked]

god the pretensions of people in the comments when people mention they saw this on tiktok like i **wish** more people had listened to her 7 years ago when i had first done so tf?? i wanted to talk bout her with others sooooo much

[@sillyd0g]

i love that people are getting into her via tiktok because it means i have more people to talk about her with instead of rabidly insisting that everyone i know listen to her albums with me

[@augustusssssss]

only 400k views????!!!

[@Da3Nt]

*its 3 am* It’s your third song on the Tiktok you’d just watched and now you just don’t know what the fuck you listening to....

[@RenLemon]

Won't you love me a spell? ; )

[@maireadoneill7574]

*Oh the weight of the thing we've been playing at, darling

[@BartBart22]

And incredibly beautiful.