Jimmy is married and he lives down south
His wife lives somewhere colder
He sees another woman in a badlands town
And she cries upon his shoulder
Jimmy thinks that he's a helpless man
He thinks about love in a vacuum
And he won't remember that talk you had
When you were walking into the bedroom

He'll say I don't know why we met
The simple truth is always the best
See 'est la vie what's done is done
And there's somebody for everyone

Jimmy has debts and Jimmy has ties
That he can't get out from under
If you look far enough into his eyes
It'll rock you just like thunder

Jimmy broke locks and Jimmy broke bolts
Just to get himself out from under
When you feel like you're lying in a prison cell
It'll kind of make you wonder

He'll say it's destiny we met
The simple truth is always the best
Don't you see what's done is done
And there's somebody for everyone

I used to get drunk to get my spark
And it used to work just fine
It made me wretched but it gave me heart
I miss Jimmy like I miss my wine

Jimmy as if you didn't know by now
Let me tell you a thing or two
Everybody might have someone
But everyone falls in love with you...

He'll say you get just what you get
The simple truth is always the best
Don't you see what's done is done?
And there's somebody for everyone


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The Facts About Jimmy Lyrics as written by Shawn Colvin John Leventhal

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    I love this song so much...

    finalxhouron January 14, 2006   Link
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    JAMES WILSON, ANYONE?

    Meinoson June 01, 2006   Link
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    OMG JAMES WILSON INDEED.

    lookbeyondon July 07, 2006   Link
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    who's James Wilson??!?

    the songs beautiful...but i dont know who he is and what relation it has with the song...

    Broken_Palaceon May 17, 2007   Link
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    who's James Wilson??!?

    the songs beautiful...but i dont know who he is and what relation it has with the song...

    Broken_Palaceon May 17, 2007   Link
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    I'll tell you the facts about Jimmy. (Or I will take a crack it at, anyway)

    Jimmy seems to be a widower. (His wife lives somewhere colder, meaning , she probably lives 6 feet underground in a graveyard somewhere)

    This other woman that Jimmy sees is presumably Shawn herself.

    Losing his wife kind of destroyed Jimmy's life and his life began to fall apart. (Jimmy has debts and Jimmy has ties) Jimmy gets involved in crime to try to pay his debts and get out of trouble.

    Eventually he gets caught and ends up in prison.

    (I miss Jimmy like I miss my wine)

    Maybe Shawn was involved with this bad guy.

    Joeknob11on March 15, 2023   Link
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    I'll tell you the facts about Jimmy. (Or I will take a crack it at, anyway)

    Jimmy seems to be a widower. (His wife lives somewhere colder, meaning , she probably lives 6 feet underground in a graveyard somewhere)

    This other woman that Jimmy sees is presumably Shawn herself.

    Losing his wife kind of destroyed Jimmy's life and his life began to fall apart. (Jimmy has debts and Jimmy has ties) Jimmy gets involved in crime to try to pay his debts and get out of trouble.

    Eventually he gets caught and ends up in prison.

    (I miss Jimmy like I miss my wine)

    Maybe Shawn was involved with this bad guy.

    Joeknob11on March 15, 2023   Link
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    Jimmy's not a widower, he's married to a cold woman who has no interest in sex, in him or anything else. Jimmy is also plagued by vices, and these are destroying his life.

    Shawn is definitely the protagonist in this. But she's bounced Jimmy, because as much as she loves him, he's toxic. Everybody falls in love with him. She did, too.

    MrPinkson January 28, 2024   Link

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