Jenny's Song

Song Description

Story of a woman who's father left when she was a young girl and who attempts to start a relationship with him later in life.

Song Length 4:57 Genre Folk - General, Folk - Religious
Tempo Slow (71 - 90) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Still, Moving Subject Dysfunctional Relations, Relationship
Similar Artists Paul Simon, James Taylor Language English
Era 2000 and later

Lyrics

Starring at the shadows on the wall in a tiny motel room
Jenny waits with her four brothers for mother to come soon
Mother works the night away
In the absence of a father mother takes a secret lover
Who belongs to another
He pretends he?s just a friend on holidays
Most times she waits too late

Oh, and Jenny wonders why her father doesn?t want her
He never said goodbye
He never said hello when he was here so long ago

In the year of 87 Jenny and her husband to a plane from California
To the little town in New York where her mother still looked for love
She decides to see her father and the years of her frustration
Gets lost within the laughter
And the casual conversation makes it seem alright
At least for now

Oh, and now he wonders why he didn?t want her
He?s glad to see her
Now he?s saying goodbye
He?s barely said hello
And she says ?dad, I love you?
And he replies, ?you be good now?

Many years have passed on by her high school graduation night
When her father came to see her
But like always, he arrived much too late
And she told him of her hate
But now through the work of Jesus she has learned how to forgive him
And he?s told her that he?s sorry
And sometime on the weekends she will hear him say on the phone
Hello

Lyrics Rob Winney Music Rob Winney
Producer Rob Winney Publisher Not Signed
Performance Rob Winney Label Not Signed

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