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