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 hell 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 morning 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 reading 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.