Lyrics to
Jenny

This version of Jenny was released by Chicago in 1973.

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Jenny
Jenny
You know I’m goin’ away
And you know my woman’s here
Please don’t you stray
Watch over her
You can run amok and play
Your whole life through
And you can chase the cats around
‘Cause she loves that too
Then if someone comes to cause her harm
You will protect her true
Oh Jenny
Jenny
Jenny
You got her while I’m gone
Time moves so slow
For someone who’s alone
So comfort her
If she’s feelin’ low
You gotta be a card
And If she’s fast asleep
Don’t you sleep too hard
If someone comes to cause her harm
You gotta gun ’em down
Oh Jenny
Now maybe
It’s gonna be alright
Won’t have to fight
Won’t have to fight
But then again
So sad but true
There’s always someone waiting
Just to shit on you
And if she’s feeling low
You gotta be a card
If she’s fast asleep
Don’t you sleep too hard
‘Cause if someone comes to cause her harm
You gotta gun ’em down
Oh Jenny
Now maybe
It’s gonna be alright
You won’t have to fight
Never have to fight
But then again
You know it’s sad but true
There’s always someone waiting
Just to shit on you

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About Lyrics and Jenny by Chicago

When you decide to study the lyrics to Jenny, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1973 song by Chicago. Some of the lyrics to Jenny have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Chicago and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Jenny if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Jenny" means the words set to the music of Jenny, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Chicago. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Jenny and the lyrics to Jenny are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Chicago who came here looking just for the lyrics to Jenny, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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