Jenny Says
Sitting on the overpass
Watching the lights change
The cars go on and on and on
A woman sits to join me
And she passes me a match
She says
"I could die tomorrow
And it wouldn't change a thing
So why wait 'til tomorrow
To do what one could do today?"
Hey, hey, hey
We emptied out her wallet
Let the wind carry away
The cards, coupons, little things
We called her bank
Told them what she thought
Of her outstanding debt
"You stupid motherfuckers
Won't ever see a goddamn cent
You know I'm tired of the hassle
And I'm sure you can do the rest"
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I lit the match
She handed me her birth certificate
It curled, smoldered to waste
We stood
She put her hand to my chest and started to cry
You know her hair turned grey
To match her eyes
And she said
She said
She said
She asked
"Why's it hurt so much
To get out of bed sometimes?"
"Why do people scare me so much
I can't ever go outside?"
I said
"If I knew the answer
Well it might just make me rich
If I didn't spend every dollar I had
Trying to reach you
To lift us up out of this"
We are fresh out of the womb
First to wake from sleep
Something got in us too early
Now it's too late to repeat
But we can keep each other company
Writer/s: Cassia Hardy, Jamie McLean, Matthew Gooding, Holly Greaves, Mason Pitzel
