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song: Close Your Eyes
artist: Jump, Little Children
album: Magazine
released: 1998-09-01length: 2:45
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Tell me you had bad dreams last night
'Cause you were rolling in your sleep
Tell me you hate those bright street lights
Sometimes the shadows give you the creeps

Please, close your eyes
Please, if you don't want to say
Please, close your eyes
Please, what keeps you awake

Tell me the air up here's too thin
You can't fell the wind when it moves
Tell me the stars are made of tin
And that they're banging on the roof

Please, close your eyes
Please, if you don't want to say
Please, close your eyes
Please, what keeps you awake

The sun will rise
And keep your mind at ease
So close your eyes

Please, close your eyes
Please, if you don't want to say
Please, close your eyes
Please, what keeps you awake
Jump, Little Children

Jump, Little Children is an American indie rock band that formed in 1991 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. Known for its unique sound, energetic live performances, and willingness to interact with fans, the band has a devoted following and is a fixture in the Charleston, South Carolina music scene. The name "Jump, Little Children" is taken from a song written by blues musician Leroy Dallas and covered by Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee.

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Comments ( 21 )
Posted 19 years ago by bmo:
I'll close my eyes if you shut your yap and go away
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Posted 5 years ago by GolfRomeo:

Old faves. I see my last post below about JLC was 14 years ago.  I believe I have the distinction of sending Cathedrals to Bill back circa 2000, and it made its way into the RP rotation. Or maybe I didn't :-)

After a long hiatus, they put out an album at the end of 2018 called Sparrow.  Cary Ann Hearst of Shovels n Rope is from Charleston, and she is a big Jump fan from her childhood.  She talked them into opening at the 2016 Highwater Festival, and that resulted in the 2018 album.

Like all Jump records, it grows on you til you find yourself listening to it frequently.  It is on Spotify, give it a whirl.

https://www.amazon.com/Sparrow-Jump-Little-Children/dp/B07G21YDCT

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Posted 8 years ago by Redpoint:
I would close them if not for painful, whiny drivel of this truly dreadful excuse for a song. I did enjoy the end though.
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Posted 20 years ago by mrmojorisin:
Sounds like the that Annie Lennox song "No More I Love You's".... only not as good
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Posted 20 years ago by GolfRomeo:
catmaven wrote:
More vocal straining. Makes my teeth ache. If this group can do better, good for them.
All I can say is that it is an acquired taste. I hated 'Cathedrals' when I first heard it about 5 years ago, and I now think it is brilliant. Jay Clifford did a song with a side project called Rosebud called 'Changing of the Guard'. It's as fine a song as has ever been recorded, in my opinion.
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Posted 21 years ago by indigo_xia:
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Posted 22 years ago by dsafanda:
awful!!
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Posted 22 years ago by talus:
Awful
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Posted 23 years ago by :
EXCELLENT SONG!! Two big thumbs up!
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Posted 4 years ago by AbileneTexas:
I’m surprised my all the nasty comments from RP listeners.  I like the song.  
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Posted 17 years ago by Danimal174:
"...and nobody cares, especially me, but I can't help myself, as I fall asleep, to turn out the lights (CLAP, CLAP)..." I've you've seen Jump live, you know what I'm talking about.
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Posted 19 years ago by Shesdifferent:
mrmojorisin wrote:
Sounds like the that Annie Lennox song "No More I Love You's".... only not as good
Not even, this is boring and has no depth-unlike Annie!
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Posted 20 years ago by mellobug:
LOVE the band, LOVE the song, discovered them on RP and now own everything they ever recorded and have seen them twice. I never get tired of them.
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Posted 20 years ago by Mark1970:
catmaven wrote:
More vocal straining. Makes my teeth ache. If this group can do better, good for them.
Straining? Ummmmm... no. One of the amazing things about Jay is how easy it appears for him to sing especially when you see him live.
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Posted 21 years ago by Art_Carnage:
Annoying.
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Posted 21 years ago by :
I love this song. It's one of my very favorites of theirs. Some people appreciate it and I guess others can't. But you should definatly check some of their other stuff out if your unsure about them, they may suprise you. ;)
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Posted 21 years ago by rKokon:
More vocal straining. Makes my teeth ache. If this group can do better, good for them.
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Posted 22 years ago by :
This song, and all of the songs on Magazine, are absolutely amazing. This is an album that can really take your mind places. And for those of you who did not like this song, there's something you need to know about Jump: they're chameleons. Their sound changes not only from album to album, but also from track to track. And they don't do it with awkward relutance, rather grace and bold confidence. This band is the most talented band out there right now and definitely deserves the highest praises from anyone who is blessed enough to hear them!
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Posted 23 years ago by Keiger:
Beautiful.
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Posted 19 years ago by nuggler:
Shesdifferent wrote:
Not even, this is boring and has no depth-unlike Annie!
Yas ! If this clown was half as good as Annie Lennox, he'd be somebody. As it is, he's pitiful.....
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