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Janey and I

from Hail Bohemia by John Shakespear

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lyrics

Janey left a lit cigarette in the sink
In the morning when she headed out to work
I called her on my lunch break and I said “Janey, what the hell?”
She said, “I’m sorry I can be such a stupid jerk.”

But Janey knew that I’d forgive her anything she did
After all, we’d known each other since we were kids
And I’d always been a little bit in love with her I guess
I never told her, but she knew it anyway
Which was just one of the many ways
in which my life back then was a cliché.

I still believed it was true
That someday we’d see this thing through.

Janey says you only get a couple of chances
A few slow dances, a couple days in June
So you better not fuck this up
You know it’s over too soon
But Janey’s not in love with me,
She’s in love with you

Janey and I, we’ve been living together
For just about seven months
Or maybe it was eight, I wasn’t counting
Wasn’t the best idea that either of us had ever had
But then again it was exactly what I wanted
We lived in this big house up on the hill
and all our friends thought it was haunted
oooooooooooh

So when Janey came home late one night with Tommy on her arm,
I nearly threw up in my coffee cup and pulled the fire alarm,
But I just swallowed up my pride and I said hey, how was your night
And Janey laughed and she said wonderful, and Tommy caught my eye
And he said “man, you’re my two best friends and I hope this never ends”

Even then I believed it was true
That someday we’d see this thing through

Janey says we only get a couple of chances
A few slow dances, a couple days in June
So you better not fuck this up
You know it’s over too soon
But Janey’s not in love with me,
She’s in love with you
Janey’s not in love with me
So what can I do

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from Hail Bohemia, released May 17, 2023

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John Shakespear writes albums that tell a story from start to finish. The next one, 'Hail Bohemia,' comes out on May 17.

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