Name: Jenna
Duration: 4 min 2 s
Channel: Brent H
Description: "Jenna" is a song by a dilettante.

Jenna

a dilettante

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a dilettante

a dilettante: acoustic, electric, alternative rock, subliminal, political, mindless schlock, underground, hate, love suicide, republican, debate, my inner child

Formed spontaneously in 1995 with the composition of the now classic "Hall's Way." Throughout the years, the band has produced such diverse cult hits as "J.C. (Jesus Commercialization)" and "Grey Idol" but the level of relative crappiness has remained the same. Come for the teen angst ("Garage Number 74"), stay for the heavy-handed political messages ("Jenna").

Song Info

Genre

Alternative • Other Alternative

Charts

Peak #1,087

Peak in subgenre #161

Author

Brent H

Rights

2004, Brent H

Uploaded

November 03, 2006

Track Files

MP3

MP3 3.7 MB • 128 kbps • 4:02

Lyrics

Jenna was born on a bright sunny day 
 with a storm coming in and her mother was sore
And soon she went home with her mother and also
 a father who had not been the same since the war

And she went to school with the holes in her clothes
 and she looked around and realized she was poor
And when she raised her hand to speak up in class
 the teacher looked away and chose to ignore

Life can be unfair
When we're taught to believe that if we
 want to achieve we'll get there
But they don't teach us it's hard to
 finish in first place
And we're never told that some kids
 get a head start in the race

Jenna worked hard and she made it to high school
 where the books that were used were from decades before
And looking to college she signed up for tests that
 made her the victim of a cultural war

So she started out in a community college
 which wasn't as hard as the high school before
And when she met a man who proposed, she accepted,
 she couldn't see he'd cheat and it would end in divorce

Life can be unfair
When the people believe that if we
 want to achieve we'll get there
And we believe what
 society tells us is true
And blame ourselves when we fail
 but we've done all we can do

And Jenna, alone, turned to the streets
 where she tried her hardest to even the score
But despite her efforts, Jenna was failing and
 many around her saw what was in store

And Jenna got old and had babies and they grew up
 and they killed people and Jenna worked as a whore
And Jenna got AIDS and the fathers were missing
 and no one would use her for what she thought she was for

Life can be unfair
When our leader believes that if we
 want to achieve we'll get there
And he tells to get good jobs
 with insurance and high pay
While he's signing treaties
 that make good jobs go away

Jenna died on a cold winter night with a 
 storm moving out from the New Jersey shore
And on the TV from her hospital bed
 she watched new politicians still blaming the poor

While the rich in their houses just four miles away
 sat 'round warm kitchen tables with food heaped on plates
And the kids planned for college, like plans Jenna had made
 but their locations in society shielded them from Jenna's fate

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