Song Description
A young woman with a baby has to resort to working the streets at night (prostitution?) to survive and make ends meet.
| Song Length |
4:19 |
Genre |
Folk - Contemporary, Folk - General |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Heartbreaking, Troubled |
Subject |
Judgement, Failure |
| Similar Artists |
Bob Dylan |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Sweet Jenny Lee on the corner, ___cigarette kisses in the air
One street light billows down to the ground
where the old men stare
On her face this hidden smile, ___ just like Mona Lisa shows
She can cover all the reasons why
but every night she knows
Jenny, Jenny, oh Jenny Lee, ___ you're only twenty-three
Jenny, Jenny, oh Jenny Lee, ___what your life would be...
By the sidewalk slowly passes, ___lonely headlights of despair
Bloodshot eyes in their bourbon belly cars
by the end they don't care
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Talkin' business, show the money, ___ just one more open door
Almost time 'fore the landlord calls
same old place, never more
Jenny, Jenny, oh Jenny Lee,___ you're only twenty-three
Jenny, Jenny, oh Jenny Lee, ___what your life would be...
_____________________________________________________________
On the next day early morning, ___ yet another day to cope
The baby cries out from the other room
her only living hope
_____________________________________________________________
Circumstance and fading dreams, ___nothing left what's more to see
Maybe love will come another day
but not for Jenny Lee
Jenny, Jenny, oh Jenny Lee, ___ you're only twenty-three
Jenny, Jenny, oh Jenny Lee, ___what your life would be...
Jenny, Jenny, oh Jenny Lee, ___what your life would be...