Single $1
Evocative acoustic balladeer
Song Info
Genre
Charts
Peak #475
Peak in subgenre #61
Author
Alan Kim Cochran/Alan Kim Cochran
Rights
2008
Uploaded
May 02, 2009
Track Files
MP3
MP3 5.5 MB • 128 kbps • 5:57
Story behind the song
Jackie M. was an English girl, who'd been in the U.S. since she was about ten years old. I'd known her casually for a few months, when she cleverly arranged for me to join her and her two girl friends for coffee at a local shop one evening. When I arrived I noted that their car was not there yet. Just then, their car pulled in and parked. The girls got out of the car, not noticing me, and Jackie, forlornly, said, "Oh, he probably won't even show up".
I now knew why I had been invited to join them...
I'd had no idea that she'd even noticed me. Once at a table, Jackie began to tell me about her secret love for me. Laying her head upon her folded arms, she looked up at me with great, adoring blue eyes, and said, "You're perfect"...
I was a young man...
My heart skipped a beat!
She was beautiful! We were in our early twenties - and I was lonely and very much looking for a wife. And, I liked her. But Jackie had the remnants of a "punk" haircut - a bit short and racy. I was concerned about her stability, and I was looking for a very conservative and sophisticated lady (I found one, but it took another dozen years!) And so, I didn't follow through, and spent many years waiting for my "lady" to arrive. I later heard that Jackie had married a nice man of oriental descent.
Years passed. While attending a convention, and breaking for lunch, I noticed a beautiful young lady across from me. She had very long, shining, gorgeous auburn hair, and was surrounded by three or four Eurasian children - obviously hers. She glanced at me a few times. As I ate, I realized that she looked familiar to me. Finally, I went over and asked, "I'm sorry, but do I know you?" She replied, "Of course you know me, Alan".
It was Jackie, of course - looking radiant and happy, and just the kind of lady I had been looking for all those years! We chatted, briefly, she returning to the duties of motherhood, me returning to my lonely life, rueful of what I had passed up.
That was the last time I ever saw Jackie. She's another fish that got away - but this particular fish was in the palm of my hand - and I still let it get away!
Fool! fool.
I'm happily married now, but I still remember how I felt then - so the emotions in my voice as I sing this song are quite real.
Jackie, if you're still out there: I hope you're still as happy and beautiful as you were then.
- Alan Kim Cochran
Lyrics
Her Name Was Jackie
by Alan Kim Cochran
Her name was Jackie, could've been mine
But I let her go, in her own time
Her name was Jackie, 'could've been mine
Oh Jackie, come back for me
Oh Jackie, please come back for me
Her love for me, began as a secret
This English girl, with bright auburn hair
But then, she told me one night, head upon folded arms
And her eyes of blue, looking up into mine
Oh Jackie, come back for me
Oh Jackie, please come back for me
Catching my breath, looking upon you
My fool's heart, skipping a beat
But, I thought you were wild, how wrong can I be?
We were meant for each other, but I couldn't see
Oh Jackie, come back for me
Oh Jackie, please come back for me
Years later, I met you... with long shinning hair
And then I knew you... answer to my prayer
And, so many years... that I was alone
Without you, without you, without you
Oh Jackie, come back for me
Oh Jackie, please come back for me
And, you would have had me, if only you'd stayed
As you were, in that long night
Your flashing blues eyes, arms upon a table
Looking at me, looking at you
Oh Jackie, come back for me
Oh Jackie, come back for me
Oh Jackie, please come back for me
Oh Jackie, come back for me
Your name was Jackie, 'could've been mine
But I was a fool, and I never knew you
But, I'm wishing I had... Lord! I'm wishing I had!
Can you hear me now? I'm wishing I had
Oh Jackie, come back for me
Oh Jackie, come back for me
Oh Jackie, please come back for me
Oh Jackie, come back for me
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