“Jenny” by The Click Five

Did you listen to the mp3 link above? This song was written about me. Are you puzzled because you know me and, therefore, you know that I go by Jen and not Jenny? I haven’t been Jenny since high school.

Read the lyrics below and your confusions should evaporate like a pavement puddle when the sun emerges. You should come to the conclusion that any Jennifer who goes by Jennifer or Jen would still be referred to as Jenny in a song like this. Are you still asking yourself why? Well, my friend, the answer to your question is that Jenny is a more suitable name for someone commonly described as a tease. And the Jenny illustrated in these lyrics is just that.

You know I’m only messing around. I just love finding songs with my name in them. Other recent ones include “Jenny Don’t Be Hasty” by Paolo Nutini and Mike Daughty’s “27 Jennifer’s.” Now I have found this 2007 single by five Boston based alternative-rock Berkley grads.

She calls me baby, then she won’t call me.
Says she adores me and then ignores me.
Jenny, what’s the problem?
She keeps her distance and sits on fences.
Puts up resistance and builds defenses.

Jenny, what’s the problem?
You leave me hanging on the line.
Every time you change your mind.

First You say you won’t, then you say you will.
You keep me hanging on, and we’re not moving on.
We’re standing still, Jenny. You got me on my knees.
Jenny, it’s killing me.

She needs her own space. She’s playing mind games.
Ends up at my place saying that she’s changed.
Jenny, what’s the problem?
I’m trying to read between the lines.
You got me going out of my mind.