Album: On And On (2003)

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• They say Taylor was a good girl, never one to be late
  Complain, express ideas in her brain
  Working on the night shift, passing out the tickets
  You're gonna have to pay her if you want to park here
  
  Well mommy's little dancer is quite a little secret
  Working on the streets now, never gonna keep it
  It's quite an imposition and now she's only wishin'
  That she would have listened to the words they said
  Poor Taylor
  
  She just wanders around, unaffected by,
  The winter winds here, she'll pretend that
  She's somewhere else, so far and clear
  About two thousand miles, from here
  
  Well Peter Patrick pitter patters on the window,
  The sunny silhouette won't let him in
  And poor old Pete's got nothing 'cause he's been falling
  And somehow sunny knows just where he's been
  
  He thinks that singin' on Sunday's gonna save his soul
  Now that Saturday's gone
  And sometimes he thinks that he's on his way,
  But I can see, that his brake lights are on
  
  He just wanders around, unaffected by,
  The winter winds here, and he'll pretend that
  He's somewhere else, so far and clear,
  About two thousand miles from here
  
  Such a tough enchilada, filled up with nada
  Givin' what you gotta give to get a dollar bill
  Used to be a limber chicken, times have been a ticking
  Now she's finger lickin' to the man
  With the money in his pocket, flying in his rocket
  And only stopping by on his way to a better world
  
  If Taylor finds a better world
  Then Taylor's gonna run away Writer/s: Jack Hody Johnson
  Publisher: Bubble Toes Publishing, REACH MUSIC PUBLISHING, Songtrust Ave
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Comments: 13

• George Mono from Rio De Janeiro, BrazilActually, the song was written to Kelly Slater's daughter (which was young by the time the song was made). Kelly and Jack are friends for a long time and it simply is a song for his kid. "Peter Patrick" refers to "Jack Johnson" and "Sunny" is "Kelly". Not at all about a prostitute. Cheers!
• Taylor from Port Lavaca, TxMy name is Taylor, so needless to say, I loveee this song. (:
  And I also love Jack Johnson. His voice makes my heart swoon.
• Dennis from Inverness, FlMy elementary school crush was named Taylor, I just got in contact with her again after 7 years, I am still terrified to tell her how I feel, however, this song gives me a little more confidence. We both love the song, and hopefully we both will love each other :D
• Fariha from Dhaka, --I agree with David & Liz. The last part of the son goes like this:
  "now she's finger licking to the man
  with the money in his pocket
  flying in his rocket" clearly shows that Taylor goes for guys with money; an obvious indication.
  
  "only stoppin by on his way to a better world
  if Taylor finds a better world
  Taylor's gonna run away" - men only 'stop by' and Taylor will run away if she finds a better world.
  
  Very good song!
• Liz from Pittsburgh, PaI'm gonna have to agree with the common conception that Taylor is definitely a stripper or something. This is almost obvious ("doing what you gotta do to get a dollar bill").
• David from Lafayette, InI like your "Fact interpratation, really wraps it up in a neat little package. to neat however for Jack. why i have no proof of my beliefes of the song. i have to agree with the general consensious that Taylor is a Prostitute. " your gonna have to pay her if you wanna park here" leads me to believe that sex is her profession, or a booth at a parking lot. Peter, strikes me as the type that only comes into play because he is one of Taylors "Jons" and the line about singing on sunday is a refrence to his hipocracy. your line about Sunny being a third person in the song is a new one to me. i like to think that. but iv allways seen "sunny" as a pet name for the sun. meaning the only being to know the secret life of peter is the sun as it overlooks the whole world. Still, even with my own beliefes about the song. i really like this interpratation and i am sure that i will share it with my friends.
• Taylor from Chicago, IlMy name is Taylor and I love that there is a song about "me". haha but I love Jack Johnson and this song is amazing. but to that Annabelle girl the name Taylor is more common for girls because i am a girl and all the people at my school named taylor are girls too and theres a good amount of them. i've only met a few boys named Taylor. and that's cool that your gonna mane your first daughter Taylor. I like my name I think its cute and other peple tell me that too. :D
• Russ from Wa, Australiamy nephew who is 13 years old introduced me to this song, since he played this song to thier school that's the start that i like all the song of jack johnson, very relaxing all his songs and his so cute lol...
• Annabelle from Eugene, OrTo Gee in Bangor-By-The-Sea, Serbia, haven't you forgotten that the Taylor in this song is a girl? How can you sing a song about a girl, to a testicle? Isn't a testicle a part of a boy? Also, who in the world is Mr. Dargon?
• Gee from Bangor-by-the-sea, SerbiaWords cannot express the emotions this song wells up inside my very being. I have grown so attached to this song that I have actually named one of my testicles in its memory (the left one; the right one is called Mr Dargan). Every night when I clamber into bed I sing it to Taylor whilst Mr Dargan watches on with a mistified look in his eyes.
  
  Thank you Jack for a wonderful and touching song.
• Cory from Boonville, Inin my life, all i need is Jack Johnson and Michael Buble. They are both so calm and relaxing, they can make you forget about all your worries and troubles
• Denise from Nisland, SdThis has got to be one of teh best of jack Johnson's songs. I Love it!
  
• Annabelle from Eugene, OrThis song is one of the reasons why I'm naming my first daughter Taylor. I've only known girls with the name Taylor. I've never known any boys named Taylor. When I was in seventh grade, I also new a girl named Taylor. However, this has been a mystery to me. Which one is more common for the name Taylor, for boys or for girls?

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