Bobby Swanson - Janie's Face (1961)
[Donna Records 1336 - (Janie's Face / Peggy's Last Birthday)]
 
Well I went to bed so lonely and blue
Just thinking of my long lost love
And then I woke in the still of the night 
A heavenly glow shone above

Stood there before me
Tear drops on her face
Told me she loved me
No one could take my place
Well, if I live forever
I won't forget that sign
How I saw Janie's face 
In my dreams last night

She came to me then
And I heard her cry
She touched held my hand tight
Tears filled her eyes
Well if I die tomorrow 
I won't forget that sign
How I saw Janie's face 
in my dreams last night

Took off her red scarf
Her golden hair glowed
Kissed me goodbye
And then off did she go
Woke up this morning
And looked on my bed
There laid a red scarf
From Janie's head
Well if I live forever
I won't forget that sign
How I saw Janie's face 
in my dreams last night

Jenny Brown - Smothers Brothers

Spoken:
Tommy:
My brother, my brother and myself have banded together
in an organization, an organization called the siblings.
A small crawling animal, the point is, my brother and myself are starting...

Dick:
What Tommy is trying to say is we are planning on trying to change our
type of music and change the direction in which we want to sing
we want to sing more to the teenagers, teenage love songs, 
passionate songs, because teenagers need to understand they are in 
a very difficult time of life
And there's a lot of people who sing just for teenagers
and they are very very successful

Tommy:
The Beatles  are they ...

Dick:
They are as successful as you can get

Tommy:
And they have Beatle wigs

Dick:
Right

Tommy:
And if you and I ever get that popular we couldn't have Smothers' wigs

Dick:
No we could

Tommy:
Because of our hairline, so we are going to have plastic ears

Dick:
Tommy why don't you tell them the song we would like to try and 
launch this new career with.

Tommy:
Our new career will be launched with a song, a teenage song,
a teenage song capturing the extremes of the emotional spectrum of excitement.
First, the song has the unhappiness and the tragedy, and the end of the world feeling
which a teenage love, or a young person's love when it goes wrong, it has its 
unhappiness which knows no bounds and knows no depths of sorrow and pain.
On the other extreme, we have elation, happiness, the teenage love is never a middle 
of the road thing, but the extremes, this song featuring my brother and myself will
feature his lyric voice, the compassion he has gained...

Dick:
Through bitter experience

Tommy:
Through bitter experience, my brother will sing now the tragic yet beautiful story of
the lovely teen angel.

Dick:
No, that's not the name of the song

Tommy:
The lovely teen angel, Jenny Brown.  Passionate form, vivacious eyes sparkling alive.
...Screwed up...   
Nobody's perfect.

Singing:
As I was walking by the shore,
I happened there to see,
A woman's form a-lyin' there,
As still as still could be.
The dress she wore was gingham blue,
Her hair all tumbled down;
It might have been my own true love,
My sweetheart Jenny Brown.

Her face was turned into the sand
Was who, I couldn't tell
But on her hand was a high school ring
A ring I knew too well
My heart stood still, I grasped her arm
And then I turned her round
Alas it was my own true love
My sweetheart Jenny Brown

Spoken:
Oh Jenny...Brown
Why did I treat you cru-el
Gosh wizz Jenny, there was tears in your eyes
And you ran away from me and now here I find you 
on the beach all still and sandy
And flies and stuff

Singing:
I stared into her loving face
A face that used to clown
I saw one eye a-flicker
Then wink and open round
Ha ha she laughed, then jumped up tall
"I'll bet you thought I'd drowned."
What a rotten sense of humor,
Has my sweetheart Jenny Brown.


(This is another version I found of this song)
As I was walking by the shore,
I happened there to see,
A woman's form a-lyin' there,
As still as still could be.
The dress she wore was gingham blue,
Her hair all tumbled down;
It might have been my own true love,
My sweetheart Jenny Brown.

I approached the body with despair,
Saw her bruised and battered feet.
I pulled the seaweed from her hair,
Where the crabs had begun to eat.
I had treated her so cruelly,
Never the proper way.
When I saw her last she cried,
And then she ran away.

I waffed the flies and bugs,
Away from her swollen and bloated chest.
I breathed in very deeply,
And then I held my breath.
I thought that I could keep it down,
But oh was I so wrong.
I'm sorry but I barfed upon,
My sweetheart, Jenny Brown.

A sense of quiet came over the beach,
Her death was painless and fast,
It seems that I had lost her now;
My true love was gone at last.
Then, "Aha," she jumped up and said,
"I'll bet you thought I'd drowned."
What a rotten sense of humor,
Has my sweetheart Jenny Brown. 

Aerosmith - Janie's Got A Gun

Dum, dum, dum, honey what have you done?
Dum, dum, dum it's the sound of my gun.
Dum, dum, dum, honey what have you done?
Dum, dum, dum it's the sound

Janie's got a gun
Janie's got a gun
Her whole world's come undone
From lookin' straight at the sun
What did her daddy do?
What did he put you through?
They said when Janie was arrested
they found him underneath a train
But man, he had it comin' Now that Janie's got a gun
she ain't never gonna be the same.

Janie's got a gun
Janie's got a gun
Her dog day's just begun
Now everybody is on the run
Tell me now it's untrue.
What did her daddy do?
He jacked a little bitty baby
The man has got to be insane
They say the spell that he was under the lightning and the
thunder knew that someone had to stop the rain

Run away, run away from the pain yeah, yeah yeah yeah
Run away run away from the pain yeah yeah
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Run away, run away, run, run away

Janie's got a gun
Janie's got a gun
Her dog day's just begun
Now everybody is on the run
What did her daddy do?
It's Janie's last I.O.U.
She had to take him down easy and put a bullet in his brain
She said 'cause nobody believes me. The man was such a sleeze.
He ain't never gonna be the same.

Run away, run away from the pain yeah, yeah
yeah yeah yeah
Run away run away from the pain yeah yeah
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Run away, run away, run, run away

Janie's got a gun
Janie's got a gun
Janie's got a gun
Everybody is on the run

Janie's got a gun
Her dog day's just begun
Now everybody is on the run
Because Janie's got a gun
Janie's got a gun
Her dog day's just begun
Now everybody is on the run
Janie's got a gun

Jimmy Love by Cathy Carroll

Today's my wedding day
I've waited oh so long
We'll all kneel down to pray
And then they'll play our song

The flowers will smell so sweet
The preacher's voice will ring
Our friends will fill every seat
My folks won't say a thing

Oh I'm going to chapel Jimmy Love
I've prayed to be your bride
I'm going to the chapel, Jimmy Love
I'll soon be by your side

I remember how we first met 
And how my heart was stirred
You danced with no one else
And yet, you hardly said a word

But later on that very night
You kissed me hard and fast
I knew then you were Mr. Right
I had found you now at last.

Oh I'm going to chapel Jimmy Love
I've prayed to be your bride
I'm going to the chapel, Jimmy Love
I'll soon be by your side

(Spoken)
It rained a few nights ago
I walked home with Jim
I didn't mind the storm oh no 
Because I was with him

When suddenly lightning flashed 
And struck a tree above
And with a dreadful roar it crashed 
And killed my Jimmy Love

(Sung)
Oh I'm going to chapel Jimmy Love
To say our last good bye
I'm going to the chapel, Jimmy Love
But our love will never die

JC by Sonic Youth 

Always cost a pair of hose
Faces pressed together rose
Arms around each other's back
You know that I liked you, Jack
And all the other boys who pose
The silent dance in the woods
In the silver lightnin' show
Another can of Coca Cola
Don't you ever call me mom
Freckled dancing in the plan
With air so thin I weigh a ton
As far as you can see it's fun
You're nothing but a history
A second here, and then you're gone
Quicksand, quicksand all around
Turn the corner and just beyond
The shadows move with change they grew
And something tells me not to brood
Turn and run and that's assured
You're walkin' thru my heart once more
Don't forget to close the door
I'm not certain what you found
We all remember what charm you wore
Like a crown followed you
Sunny skies and angels please
Floating down upon my knees
That wasn't it how it's supposed to be
Clear blue eyes justice dries
The wind is busy blowing dizzy
Your dreams were shot like a star
Exploding in a mind somewhere
Doing something on a dare
Pullin' the trigger like breathin' air
The sun-kissed boy who gave no thought
To what he made while others say

Oceans spray their candle scent
It's dripping in my hand, you're dead
Little brother reminding me
The moments take forever tree
You can see as far as sin
Don't you know what shape I'm in?
You're walkin' thru my heart once more
Don't forget to close the door 

Johnny Ander - Gayle Haness

Johnny Ander, didn't hang out and he didn't have long hair
Johnny Ander, you it bugged him when the hippies called him square
Johnny Ander, please don't listen to the fringe of society
I used to tell him, baby I love you, please stay here with me

Johnny Ander, started staying out, just hanging around
Johnny Ander, he found the people who were waiting to be found

No no no no Johnny no
That life is not for you
Oh Johnny please don't do 
The things you know you shouldn't do

And they told him, Johnny Ander
There's only one way to prove you're a man
And don't you know, he let his hair grow
And then he changed his brand

Johnny Ander, hey look what I got 
And there's more where that came from
Come on Johnny, come on try it, try just one

No no no no Johnny no
They try to mess up your head
Some day they'll find you dead
Oh don't be silly, he said
Maybe one in a million, he said

Johnny Ander, love couldn't stop him, he had to have his kicks
Johnny Ander, read the grave stone
Johnny Ander, 1947 to 1966

John Leyton - Johnny Remember Me

When the mist is a-rising
And the rain is falling
And the wind is blowing cold across the moor
I hear the voice of my darlin'
The girl I loved and lost a year ago

(Johnny remember me)

Well it's hard to believe I know
But I hear her singing in the sighing of the wind
Blowin' in the tree tops way above me

(Johnny remember me)

Yes I'll always remember
Till the day I die
I'll hear her cry
Johnny remember me

Well some day I guess
I'll find myself another little girl
To take the place of my true love
But as long as I live I know
I'll hear her singing in the sighing of the wind
Blowin' in the tree tops way above me

(Johnny remember me)

Yes I'll always remember
Till the day I die
I'll hear her cry
Johnny remember me

(Johnny remember me)

Pearl Jam - Jeremy

At home, drawing pictures of mountain tops
With him on top lemin yellow sun, arms raised in a v
And the dead lay in pools of maroon below
Daddy didnt give attention
Oh, to the fact that mommy didnt care
King jeremy the wicked...oh, ruled his world...
Jeremy spoke in class today... (2x)

Clearly I remember pickin on the boy
Seemed a harmless little fuck
Ooh, but we unleashed a lion...
Gnashed his teeth and bit the recess ladys breast...
How can I forget?
And he hit me with a surprise left
My jaw left hurtin...ooh, dropped wide open
Just like the day...oh, like the day I heard

Daddy didnt give affection, no...
And the boy was something that mommy wouldnt wear
King jeremy the wicked...oh, ruled his world
Jeremy spoke in class today... (3x)
Woo... (14x)
Try to forget this...try to forget this...
Try to erase this...try to erase this...
from the blackboard...

Jeremy spoke in class today... (2x)
Jeremy spoke in, spoke in... (2x)
Jeremy spoke in class today...
Woo... (29x)
Woooooohhh...spoke in, spoke in...
Woooooohhh...uh huh, uh huh...

Johnny Surfboard - Barry Mann

Most every day you'll find him
On the beach at Malibu
Sitting in the sun and sand 
With his sweetheart Sue

Yes Sue was his first love
The one that he adored
And his second love was by his side
His silver surfing board

Oh they called him Johnny Surfboard
'cause surfing was his game
And to be the king of all the beach
Was Johnny's only aim

And the waves broke like thunder
They were so mean and cruel
Watch out Johnny Surfboard
Don't be a surfing fool

But then one day he held her
And whispered in her ear
Sue I think the time has come 
For me to shoot the pier

This was the monent he had been waiting for
So he kissed his girl 
And grabbed his board
And ran down to the shore

Sue cried as she watched him
Her heart beat wild with fear
But Johnny rode the biggest wave
And headed for the pier

But Johnny lost his balance
And fell into the foam
And Johnny's silver surfboard
Came floating back alone

Oh the waves broke like thunder
They looked so mean and cruel
Goodbye Johnny Surfboard
Goodbye surfing fool