Name that Song! Again.
December 15, 2011 7:16 AM   Subscribe

[Song Filter] The roommate I had in college during the 2000-2001 year listened to this song that I liked a lot but of course I do not know the name of it, who sang it, or fully remember much of the lyrics.

It sounded very much like The Eels, but it doesn't appear to belong to them. The refrain, which is pretty much all I remember was something like, but not exactly, "I may not get to write the book, but I thought I'd be a page," or something equivalent. The book-page aspect is definitely accurate. The lyrics as typed here are almost certainly wrong.

Any idea what this song may be with the little info I am able to provide?
posted by zizzle to Media & Arts (2 answers total) 2 users marked this as a favorite
 
Best answer: Google says Jeannie's diary by the Eels.

I don't have a chance at writing the book
I just wanna be a page
In jeannie's diary
One single page
In jeannie's diary
posted by revikim at 7:22 AM on December 15, 2011 [1 favorite]


Response by poster: That's it!

Though you got me as to why I could never find it as an Eels song!
posted by zizzle at 7:23 AM on December 15, 2011


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