Didn't You Jane

©1979 Andrew Calhoun, unreleased

Inspired by a couple in our Lamaze class. He was an obnoxious salesman. She was very quiet. I don't think the phrase "to give head" had as much currency then as it does now, or I'd not have written the line about "missing your sister's heart, and your brother's head," was not meaning to bring incest into this one.

You made a mistake
That brought you to pain
You made a mistake
Didn't you Jane

There by your side
Pretending to love you
There by your side
Standing above you
You made a mistake
Don't know what it is
If the baby is your s
Or the baby is his
You made a mistake
That brought you to pain
You made a mistake
Didn't you Jane

You don't like his baby fat
You don't like his favorite hat
When the sun goes down
I bet you are sad
I bet you are missing
Your mother and dad
Your sister's heart
And your brother's head
And your own room
With a private bed
You made a mistake
That brought you to pain
You made a mistake
Didn't you Jane

He's the first man who told you he loved you
He's the first man who told you he loved you
Who are you to tell people apart?
Who are you, to break a man's heart
You could have said no,
But you didn't know how
You did not tell him then
And you can't tell him now
You made a mistake
That brought you to pain
You made a mistake
Didn't you Jane

Who can explain
Who can say why
Who is the spider
And who is the fly
Who is the liar
And who is the lie
Count on the baby
To teach you to cry
Count on the baby
To fill up your mind,
To lead you to forests,
And leave you behind
In clouds of dust, in pouring rain
You made a mistake,
Didn't you Jane