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Jack Johnson

Bubble Toes

Release date: 23rd January 2001

From Brushfire Fairytales
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About This Track

'Bubble Toes' unfolds as a portrait of attraction built on whimsy and movement. Johnson sketches a figure whose physical presence dominates the narrator's attention: eyes wide, feet scarred, a way of moving that defies rhythm. The song circles back to its central image across verses and choruses, each repetition layering new detail without ever quite explaining what draws him in. There is no grand declaration here, only accumulation and wonder. The track moves between observation and longing, between watching someone at lunch and imagining a future that may never arrive. Johnson's lyrics trade in surreal precision, jellyfish rhythms, tar-covered feet, the queen of hearts, that feels less like metaphor than simple description of how desire actually works: irrational, specific, rooted in the particular rather than the universal. The melody sits light against the words, letting them breathe.

"Bubble Toes" is a track by Jack Johnson, from the album Brushfire Fairytales, released 23rd January 2001. Full lyrics are available below.

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Lyrics

Bubble Toes

[Intro 1]

It's as simple as something that nobody knows

That her eyes are as big as her bubbly toes

On the feet of the queen of the hearts of the cards

And her feet are all covered with tar balls and scars

It's as common as something that nobody knows

That her beauty will follow wherever she goes

Up the hill in the back of her house in the woods

Would she love me forever, I know she could

[Intro 2]

I remember when you and me, mmm, how we used to be

Just good friends, wouldn't give me none

But all I wanted was some

[Verse 1]

She's got a whole lot of reasons

She can't think of a single one

That can justify leaving

And he got none but he thinks he got so many problems

Man he got too much time to waste

His dreams are like commercials

But her dreams are picture perfect and

Our dreams are so related though they're often underestimated

[Chorus 1]

It's as simple as something that nobody knows

That her eyes are as big as her bubbly toes

On the feet of the queen of the hearts of the cards

And her feet are all covered with tar balls and

[Post-Chorus]

La da da da da da

La da da da da da

La da da da da da

La da da da da da

[Verse 2]

Well I was eating lunch at the DLG

When this little girl came and she sat next to me

I've never seen nobody move the way she did

Well she did and she does and she'll do it again

When you move like a jellyfish rhythm doesn't mean nothing

You go with the flow, you don't stop

Move like a jellyfish, rhythm is nothing

You go with the flow, you don't stop

[Chorus 2]

It's as common as something that nobody knows

That her beauty will follow wherever she goes

Up the hill in the back of her house in the woods

Would she love me forever, I know

[Post-Chorus]

She la da da da da da

La da da da da da

La da da da da da

La da da da da da

[Bridge]

If you would only listen

You might just realize what you're missing

You're missing me

If you would only listen

You might just realize what you're missing

You're missing me

[Chorus 1]

It's as simple as something that nobody knows

That her eyes are as big as her bubbly toes

On the feet of the queen of the hearts of the cards

And her feet are all covered with tar balls and

[Post-Chorus]

La da da da da da

La da da da da da

La da da da da da

La da da da da da

La da da da da da

La da da da da da

La da da da da da

La da da da da da

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Track details

From Brushfire Fairytales

2001
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Album
Brushfire Fairytales
Brushfire Fairytales
Jack Johnson
Release year
2001
  1. —F-Stop Blues
  2. —Fortunate Fool
  3. —Inaudible Melodies
  4. —It's All Understood
  5. —Sexy Plexi
  6. —Bubble Toes
  7. —Drink The Water
  8. —Mudfootball
  9. —Losing Hope
  10. —Middle Man
  11. —The News

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