Jenny
On a saturday night all the girls run free
singing andquot;bury me not on the lone prairieandquot;
but where do you go when you finish broken-hearted?
back to the dust where you started
Jenny cut her teeth in a midwest shack
as a shantytown girl on the wrong end of the tracks
her mama taught her everything sheand'd need to get along
and her sunday school teacher taught her right and wrong
raised to be respectable but born to be poor
it was all sheand'd ever known but she figured there was more
when she came of age jenny made herself a vow
andquot;iand'm gonna get out and i donand't care howandquot;
It appeared every autumn on the courthouse lawn
and the leaves never fell till the carnival was gone
michael was a barker for an arcade ride
with a smooth-talk tongue and a wandering eye
andquot;get your tickets here for the halls oand'mirrors maze
if you canand't get out i know i couple waysandquot;
he caught jennyand's eye but her thoughts looked down
all she wanted was a ticket going out of that town
Chorus:
oh how i wanna bury you
bury you and run away--done away
how i wanna bury your memory
why donand't you let me be?
Michael stole a kiss then he whispered at last
andquot;youand're a little old-fashioned so forget about your past
these bible belt folks think living is a sin
so they all start dying from the day theyand're born againandquot;
and there atop the ferris wheel the colours were a blur
the morning said he loved her but she wasnand't really sure
he made her promise not to leave until he came to get her
she promised him but she should have known better
(chorus)
On a train--stowaway
jesus loves you still and your mama wants you home
but oh bridges burn
when you carry your shame and you think you canand't return
(chorus)
When they finally found her body on a cold dog day
it was in a cattle car buried in the hay
a note in the pocket of her calico dress
said andquot;iand'm guilty as sin but i canand't confessandquot;
once you know the truth you can hide it on a shelf
but unless you bring it down you canand't live with yourself
in her right hand jenny held the bible of her mother
jenny had a pistol in the other
On a saturday night all the girls run free
singing andquot;bury me not on the lone prairieandquot;
but where do you go when you finish broken-hearted?
back to the dust where you started
