Jenny 1 Poem by Tom Courtney

And Jenny this night is darkest
as I’m standing in the rain
You taught me every pleasure
brings with it its own pain

I thought you were my lover
You were sweetness in my tea
You were honey in my coffee
Now you ain’t got time for me

You brought me in one stormy night
You were warm and laid me down
You swept away my darkest fears
You made my head spin round

You took this poor boy for your time
You caught me in my sleep
You caught me with my ‘fences down
I gave up not a peep

And I guess you never planned it
that you’d tear my heart in two
You probably never thought that I
would fall in love with you

And it’s not your fault you’re heaven
to this poor boy from the farm
You didn’t conspire to take my soul
when you took me on your arm

And it seems a longer life ago
that you sat upon my knee
When I walked the midnight alley
and you shinnied up a tree

Then I went to work and off to sea
with sparkles in my eyes
And came back home to Tennessee
weary of the lies

And meanwhile you had grown up
from that tomboy to shining star
Your daddy’s bright-eyed baby
has come along quite far

One wink, a blush, a giggle,
and I was hooked upon your line
You were just too old for ribbons
and just too young for wine

But I’m thinking all this in the rain
with the taxi meter on
That I had you my brief moment
and once again I’m moving on