She was eighteen
Had a California dream
Gettin' out was just a
matter of time
He just turned twenty
Makin' decent money
Drivin' nails into railroad ties
Boy meets girl
Girl's plans changed that
summer into a h*ll of a fall
Nah they didn't
have it all together
But together they had it all
They had it all
Love did what it does
Wasn't even six months
Ain't ever leavin'
Shinin' on her left hand
But that worse or for better
Forever together
Started runnin' out of sand
He was gone on the road
She was home all alone
That lonely took a
toll on her heart
Came home early one night
to surprise her to find her
lost in someone else's arms
This is the story of
Jack and Jill
How their whole world came
tumblin' down
Heartbreak kills
Jill got on the pills
And Jack couldn't get
off that Crown
They found their peace
somewhere underneath
the roots of a sycamore tree
Yeah Jack and Jill
went downhill and ended
up on one in Tennessee
In Tennessee
Everybody knows that he
couldn't let go of that
bottle or what she'd done
He took his last sip
Yeah he finally quit that
mornin' he didn't wake up
She took the news
with the whites and the blues
Didn't leave a note
There was no need
The preacher they used
when they said I do is readin'
out of Psalm 23
23
This is the story of
Jack and Jill
How their whole world came
tumblin' down
Heartbreak kills
Jill got on the pills
And Jack couldn't get
off that Crown
They found their peace
somewhere underneath
the roots of a sycamore tree
Yeah Jack and Jill
went downhill and ended
up on one in Tennessee
In Tennessee
In Tennessee