Suicide Jane

Lyrics by M. Guerriere © 1986

Just a little girl with an adult mind
Gonna hustle for her share, gonna work overtime
The man promised her fame and she got that in spades
But what did she gain?
Who's behind the shades?


One day you're lucky, the other day you lose
Some girls do their gamblin' in a bottle of booze
It'll slip through your fingers
It's elusive as air
Wonder what's going down underneath your long black hair


ai yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
There's no saving Jane
She's Suicide Jane

On the top of the world, on the top of the charts
Mom and Dad got divorced and it broke her heart
So she sang from the gut from the very start
She gave more than her all and they ripped her apart


One day you're lucky, the other day you lose
Some girls do their gamblin' in a bottle of booze
It'll slip through your fingers
It's elusive as air
Wonder what's going down underneath your long black hair


ai yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
There's no saving Jane
She's Suicide Jane

Live to sing her songs, lived to hear them cheer
I can hear the distant applause in her bottle of beer
You know the alleys are cold, they're as cold as ice
All the world's a stage and it's not very nice


ai yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
There's no saving Jane
I couldn't save Jane
She's Suicide Jane