This song is pure gold. When I played it in the house, my wife heard it and it brought her back to her teenage years...exactly where I was hearing it.
Like any good song or story it has more than one meaning and it gets you on so many levels.
The song is about a boy remembering his adolescence and about a girl he knew (how he knows her wether boyfriend/girlfriend or girl next door or just a girl he likes at school is not relevant). All that is important is this girl Jenny represents that era and his adolescence.
Jenny has a different outlook to other people. This is what he remembers about her, her smile, her good nature and her ability to find a silver lining in bad times. Even though he can barely remember her - he doesn't mention she is pretty or anything about her looks, because he can't remember. It is not important. What is important is he remember HOW she behaved.
We listening to the song are adults and need to have the ability to hear what the singer is NOT saying.
He doesn't say it but in the very nature of describing Jenny, he is also describing everybody else (in the small town he grew up in or now) as being cranky, and seeing the worst in things.
Today's life can get you down. But just like in dancing, - there is no leader you should follow - dance your own way. And handle life's problems in your own way.
Do you want to see the worst in things? Do you want to see the glass half full? The way you behave in life is up to you - make your choice, you are in the driver's seat.
Jenny seems like a girl I would have liked to have known in my youth too. We need more people like Jenny in the world.
This song is pure gold. When I played it in the house, my wife heard it and it brought her back to her teenage years...exactly where I was hearing it.
Like any good song or story it has more than one meaning and it gets you on so many levels.
The song is about a boy remembering his adolescence and about a girl he knew (how he knows her wether boyfriend/girlfriend or girl next door or just a girl he likes at school is not relevant). All that is important is this girl Jenny represents that era and his adolescence.
Jenny has a different outlook to other people. This is what he remembers about her, her smile, her good nature and her ability to find a silver lining in bad times. Even though he can barely remember her - he doesn't mention she is pretty or anything about her looks, because he can't remember. It is not important. What is important is he remember HOW she behaved.
We listening to the song are adults and need to have the ability to hear what the singer is NOT saying. He doesn't say it but in the very nature of describing Jenny, he is also describing everybody else (in the small town he grew up in or now) as being cranky, and seeing the worst in things.
Today's life can get you down. But just like in dancing, - there is no leader you should follow - dance your own way. And handle life's problems in your own way.
Do you want to see the worst in things? Do you want to see the glass half full? The way you behave in life is up to you - make your choice, you are in the driver's seat.
Jenny seems like a girl I would have liked to have known in my youth too. We need more people like Jenny in the world.