Jenny Ran Away

I watched you leave me
   from my bedroom window
I heard your laughing whisper
   as you snuck outside
In the night your lucky lighter lit up
   your smile and then your cigarette
Was that regret upon your face
   beneath the pride

Jenny ran away

Mother cried until the anger squeezed her dry
Your name was sealed inside her airtight pain
She boxed up all the memories
   the laughs and smiles that hid the walls
She never took your calls
   and when they stopped she died again

Jenny ran away

You were 16 I just turned 9
   So much to say so little time
I made you made just to see you care
   I pushed you away when I needed you near

Now I’m 18 you’d be 25
   I hope you’re happy I pray you’re alive
I stay away from crowds
   ‘cause you’re always there
      Until you disappear

Christmas morning you hugged me
   singing, feeling well or maybe high
I can still smell the incense in your hair
Next day you left I never got to say goodbye
Or tell you why you should have taken me along

Oh Jenny ran away

(outro vocals:)
I just want to see you one more time

You fought so hard the neighbors complained
   It got so quiet when Jenny ran away

I hope you still laugh at the sun
   Life shut down when yours begun

I will follow you


© 2005 Billie Burke Estate