Song Description

Free flowing accoustic ballard. Some people have suggested it would work in a modern R'n'B or even a country style. The song deals with relationships.

Lyrics

Jenny likes penny arcades and warm summer nights
Billy smells of poolhall sweat and forgotten fights
Jenny wears her hair up high like it's realy cool
Billy plays his hand of cards like he knows the rules, like he's nobody's fool

Jenny's a gorgeous girl all the neighbours say
Jenny's got staight grade As, she'll be rich one day
Billy's got a steady fob and a union card
Billy's got a golden future at the timber yard, if he really works hard

And they sit 10 feet away and neither one will say, what's on their mind, whats on their mind

Ray deams of another life far away from home
He waits for friendly voices on the telephone
Joanna wathches TV shows like they're something real
Celebrities, a jungle camp, flicker on her screen, so serene

And they're waiting for the day when either one will say what's on their mind, what's on their mind

Bridge
Up and down and rouund and round
Send our wishes underground
Cannot hear or make a sound
What we're waing for X2

Penny drives a foreign car at a hateful speed
She's waiting at the traffic lights, it's her hour of need
Harry pours another drink in his hotel room
Traffic fills his head of sand in the evening gloom, she'll be coming soon

And they fall to their knes and pray, that maybe just today
They'll speak their mindX2

Repeat bridge

Copyright David James 2006