This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
Jenny Jenny who can I turn to,
You give me something I can hold on to,
I know you'll think I'm like the others before,
Who saw your name and number on the wall
Jenny I've got your number,
I need to make you mine,
Jenny don't change your number ,
Eight six seven five three oh nine,
Eight six seven five three oh nine,
Eight six seven five three oh nine,
Eight six seven five three oh nine
Jenny Jenny you're the girl for me,
You don't know me but you make me so happy,
I tried to call you before but I lost my nerve,
I tried my imagination but I was disturbed
Jenny I've got your number,
I need to make you mine,
Jenny don't change your number,
Eight six seven five three oh nine,
Eight six seven five three oh nine,
Eight six seven five three oh nine,
Eight six seven five three oh nine
I got it (I got it) I got it,
I got your number on the wall,
I got it (I got it) I got it,
For a good time, for a good time call
Jenny I've got your number,
I need to make you mine,
Jenny I've called your number,
Eight six seven five three oh nine,
Eight six seven five three oh nine,
Eight six seven five three oh nine,
Eight six seven five three oh nine
Jenny Jenny who can I turn to,
(Eight six seven five three oh nine),
For the price of a dime I can always turn to you,
(Eight six seven five three oh nine)
Eight six seven five three oh nine,
Eight six seven five three oh nine,
Five three oh nine...
You give me something I can hold on to,
I know you'll think I'm like the others before,
Who saw your name and number on the wall
Jenny I've got your number,
I need to make you mine,
Jenny don't change your number ,
Eight six seven five three oh nine,
Eight six seven five three oh nine,
Eight six seven five three oh nine,
Eight six seven five three oh nine
Jenny Jenny you're the girl for me,
You don't know me but you make me so happy,
I tried to call you before but I lost my nerve,
I tried my imagination but I was disturbed
Jenny I've got your number,
I need to make you mine,
Jenny don't change your number,
Eight six seven five three oh nine,
Eight six seven five three oh nine,
Eight six seven five three oh nine,
Eight six seven five three oh nine
I got it (I got it) I got it,
I got your number on the wall,
I got it (I got it) I got it,
For a good time, for a good time call
Jenny I've got your number,
I need to make you mine,
Jenny I've called your number,
Eight six seven five three oh nine,
Eight six seven five three oh nine,
Eight six seven five three oh nine,
Eight six seven five three oh nine
Jenny Jenny who can I turn to,
(Eight six seven five three oh nine),
For the price of a dime I can always turn to you,
(Eight six seven five three oh nine)
Eight six seven five three oh nine,
Eight six seven five three oh nine,
Five three oh nine...
Lyrics submitted by Mark Mathers, edited by Mellow_Harsher
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how funny
how odd i didnt know nofx does a cover of this
i guess they didin't... less than jake did the cover of this song...
i hate when people dont have a clue who sings a certain song and they think its someone else
He's right, Less Than Jake also did a cover, but NOFX did a live only cover that can only be found at any MP3 downlaod site on the internet.
This is a great song. I think it describes honestly how teens feel about calling the person they have a secret crush on.
P.S. It was redone by NOFX before it was redone by Less Then Jake. Besides, Less Than Jake sucks and NOFX is the best punk band ever.
Mark Kazaa can suck my balls. Don't ever call me a bitch again. I just said i didnt know that they did a cover.
i got this number on a bathroom wall and i want it for a good time
is it just me or is this song about a prostitute named jenny? :P
FUCK YOU ROCHELLE14. LESS THAN JAKE ROCK!!!!! who cares who did the cover first.