Just Right is an apology, a love letter, a lullaby. I’ve always been a lot – big ideas, high standards, loud voice. We all internalize lessons about how we should be in the world, and I learned to shrink myself down. The best way to keep the peace was for me to be an “easy” kid; there wasn’t much space for messy and complicated feelings, so I just denied mine altogether for so much of my life. Just Right is a love song to myself and to anyone else who needs to hear this: 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩, 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦– 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦.
Single
2023
MMXXIII
aBOUT
Songlist
dynamic song count
4:35
Pairs with
A slow dance with yourself in the kitchen
Lyrics
i haven’t been kind to you
this might seem out of the blue
it might surprise you to find
i hold you in mind,
i hold you dear,
i hold you
you don’t got to be polite (you don’t got to be polite)
tell it to me all tonight (tell it to me tell it to me tell me all tonight)
you’re not too much, baby
you’re just right
baby, you’re just right
okay let me rewind, and review
what made you you
because you’ve always been fine
standing in the line
you’ve always been
just fine
you don’t got to be polite (you don’t got to be polite)
tell it to me all tonight (tell it to me tell it to me tell me all tonight)
you’re not too much, baby
you’re just right
baby, you’re just right
you bend your body, suck in your waist
you always seem to shrink to fit in negative space
and i’m taking issue with how you’ve taken shape
you’re the foreground in the landscape, yea
baby, you’re just right
(just right, just right)
i haven’t been kind to you
and this is long overdue
i hope you won’t feel confined,
sayin’ you don’t mind
when you do
you do
you don’t got to be polite (you don’t got to be polite)
tell it to me all tonight (tell it to me tell it to me tell me all tonight)
you’re not too much, baby, yea yea yea (you’re just right)
you’re not too much, baby, yea yea yea (you’re just right)
you’re not too much, baby
you’re just right
baby, you’re just right
(just right, just right)
ooh, you’re just right
(just right, just right)
hey, just right
(just right, just right)
Credits
Written by
Jill McCracken
Tracking
Andrew Oedel
Ghost Hit Recording
Mix
Andrew Oedel
Ghost Hit Recording
Mastering
Brian Lucey
Magic Garden Mastering
Lead vocals, background vocals, rhodes
Jill McCracken
Bass guitar, acoustic guitar
Miguel Cepeda
Drums, percussion
Kevin Ewer
Electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Luke Scotten
Background vocals
Chevé
Background vocals
Eileen O'Hara
Background vocals
Notebook P
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