Jenny Come Back Lyrics

Jenny Parks was a girl I once knew
Real smart and pretty too
I sat behind her in 9th grade homeroom
We passed notes a time or two
Right about our 15th winter
She hung out with the senior guys
They seemed to like the empty airheads
The clouds rolled in around her eyes

(chorus)
Oh Jenny, you could have been anything
Why'd you think you had to change
Were you playing the part or playing by the rules
Why did you decide to play the fool
You got lost and slipped through the cracks
Jenny come back, Jenny come back
Jenny come back

Jenny fell for the star linebacker
With a free ride to L.S.U.
He said "Come on" and nothing else mattered
At sweet 16, she dropped out of school
She made his bed for four years of college
Waiting on a diamond he could not afford
He called it quits cause he got knowledge
She never did and he got bored

(chorus)
Oh Jenny, you could have been anything
Oh Jenny, why'd you think you had to change
Were you playing the part or playing by the rules
Why did you decide to play the fool
You got lost and slipped through the cracks
Jenny come back, Jenny come back
Jenny come back

I keep wishing for a happy ending
But I can't make that choice for you, no
We lost touch long ago, now Jenny
Oh, what in the world (what in the world)
Are you gonna do??

Is that you selling tickets at the movies downtown, the other day
I said your name, but you looked right through me
You took my money and turned away

(chorus)
Oh Jenny, you could have been anything
Oh Jenny, why'd you think you had to change
Were you playing the part or playing by the rules
Why did you decide to play the fool
You got lost and slipped through the cracks
Jenny come back, Jenny come back
Jenny come back

Oh Jenny
Jenny come back