The line about "my new husband's ex-wife" in The Trouble with Jeanie
has always puzzled me. As far as I knew, Amy did not get married
again, so there were several possible explanations for this: (1) the
song was not from personal experience and Amy was writing in
character; (2) the song had started out to be one about her ex's new
wife, but she flipped it around; or (3) Amy remarried and is keeping
it quiet.

Amy explained it in an interview on WNYC (posted on the web) this
week: Jeanie was about the ex-wife of her then boyfriend who she was
going to marry but whom she did not end up marrying.

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Amy put on another wondeful show at the Lakeside Lounge here in NYC
this week, with the band that recorded Little Fugitive with her. And
talk about an artist giving back to the audience: Amy served hot dogs
and potato chips to us. Best quote: "Now that pickle relish comes in
squeeze bottles, you can have condiments without utensils."