Jenny - Lyrics - Harry Chapin

Harry Forster Chapin was an American singer-songwriter best known for his folk rock songs including "Taxi," "W*O*L*D," "Sniper", "Flowers Are Red," and the No. 1 hit "Cat's in the Cradle." Chapin was also a dedicated humanitarian who fought to end world hunger; he was a key participant in the creation of the Presidential Commission on World Hunger in 1977. In 1987, Chapin was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for his humanitarian work.

It was when I rode off in my daydreams Chasing that vision of light It was then I got caught in the jet stream And I dropped through a hole in the night And I knew it's not you that I run from I saw each of us living alone And I prayed that you still could be waiting That's when I started for home Oh my Jenny Oh my Jenny Oh my Jenny my love Oh my Jenny Oh my Jenny You are my rainbow above I have seen a great city in the darkness Dream lady dressed in cold concrete I've seen the City of Angels With the names of its dead in the street And for once I could see it all your way And for once I knew I was all wrong And I thought of you there in my door way And I knew I've been travelin' too long Oh my Jenny Oh my Jenny Oh my Jenny my love Oh my Jenny Oh my Jenny You are my rainbow above As I crossed to the heart of the country I was lost in a forest of signs And I laughed 'cause life gets so funny Here I was wasted from wastin' my time So now shine down your sun on my shadow Without you I don't mean a thing And I gather me one golden morning, babe 'Cause it's your song that I need to sing Oh my Jenny Oh my Jenny Oh my Jenny my love Oh my Jenny Oh my Jenny You are my rainbow above