She was eighteen, had a California dream

Getting out was just a matter of time

He just turned twenty, making decent money

Drivin' L's into railroad ties

Boy meets girl, girl's plans changed

that summer into a hell of a fall

No, they didn't have it all together

but together they had it all

They had it all

Love did what it does, wasn't even six months

Ain't ever leaving, shining on her left hand

But that worse or for better, forever together

Started runnin' out of sand

He was gone on the road, she was home all alone

That lonely took a toll on her heart

Came home early one night to surprise her

To find her lost in someone else's arms

This is the story of Jack and Jill

How their whole world came tumbling down

Heartbreak kills, Jill got on the pills

And Jack couldn't get off that crown

They found their peace somewhere underneath

The roots of a sycamore tree

Yeah, Jack and Jill went downhill

And ended up on one in Tennessee

In Tennessee

Everybody knows that he couldn't let go of that bottle

or what she'd done

He took his last sip, yeah, he finally quit

that morning, he didn't wake up

She took the news with the whites and the blues

Didn't leave a note, there was no need

The preacher they used when they said

I do, is readin' out of Psalm 23

23

This is the story of Jack and Jill

How their whole world came tumbling down

Heartbreak kills, Jill got on the pills

And Jack couldn't get off that crown

They found their peace somewhere underneath

The roots of a sycamore tree

Yeah, Jack and Jill went downhill

And ended up on one in Tennessee

In Tennessee, in Tennessee