Jersey Devil Jam

ABOUT THE SONG 
I wrote the music for this song in the spring or summer of 2008, and the lyrical content was just extremely different. Originally it had been about being in a relationship that other people might not approve of.  I really wasn't happy with these lyrics so I left the song unfinished for awhile. It wasn't until 2009 or 2010 that I had completed the song. I had just sat down one day and the lyrics effortlessly flew out of me. You can really tell the difference from when a song feels forced to when the muses take over. So the new and final lyrics ended up being a concept kind of inspired by the duel with devil in Tenacious D's The Pick of Destiny. The song is basically a musical duel with the devil, and paying "tribute" (another Tenacious D references haha!) to my Jersey roots - everyone should know the legend of the Jersey Devil.  It's a fun swing rock song, and I could see the production being kind of like a Stray Cats meets KT Tunstall type of sound.  These are probably some of my favorite lyrics I've ever written; they're just so playful!

Also I just want to mention the legend of "The Devil Went Down to Georgia", and how they say that no one has ever been able to cover that song without breaking a string, and that the song is "cursed".

​Well, let me just say that when I demoed this song acoustically, right after I wrote it, I actually popped my string at the climax of the song, and that was only the SECOND time I had ever broken a string in my 10+ years of playing guitar. Was I playing too hard, or was it the Jersey Devil himself at work? STRAAAAAAAAANGE.....

Music & Lyrics 
By Justina Carubia
Scratch Demos © 2009

Verse 1:
Hey little devil 
With your light upon my soul
I'm not asking what you want 
Because that I do already know

Come out to play now
A little duel, one on one
Put the fire on the 6 strings
Now the battle has begun ....

Pre Chorus:
Look out now!
The Devil's back from Georgia
And he's in the shape of a man

Chorus:
Don't you dare 
Stop and stare 
You better turn around 
Turn up the sound
We're gonna play tonight 
Until our fingers bleed...
We'll make you aware 
Give me that snare 
We're gonna bust your chops
With slap and pop 
The Jersey Devil 
Jams with me....
Jams with me...
Oh oh oh oh 

Verse 2:
You fire up that sound 
Like you just came from hell-o operator
Won'tcha give me 
Give me # 9 

The battle's almost over
So if you don't 
My life might as well 
Be on the line...

Chorus:
Don't you dare 
Stop right there! 
You better turn around 
Turn up the sound
We're gonna play tonight 
Until our fingers bleed...
We'll make you aware 
Give me that snare 
We're gonna bust your chops
With slap and pop 
The Jersey Devil 
Jams with me....

BRIDGE 
whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh 
whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-ooooh
whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
ooh-whoa-oh-oh-oh

whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh 
whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-ooooh
whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
ooh-whoa-oh-oh-oh -ohhhhh

INSTRUMENTAL BREAK 

Pre Chorus:
Look out now!
The Devil's back from Georgia
And he's in the shape of a man

Chorus:
Don't you dare 
Stop right there! 
You better turn around 
Turn up the sound
We're gonna play tonight 
Until our fingers bleed...
We'll make you aware 
Give me that snare 
We're gonna bust your chops
With slap and pop 
The Jersey Devil 
Jams with me....

His strings they finally broke
The devil went up in smoke
The Jersey Devil 
Made a devil out of me...