"Janey's Popular"
Words and Music by Hair Knight and Brent Bowman
Appears on Pied Piper
It goes without saying. She had her dreams and hopes.
But while the band was playing, she sat around & moped.
But then one day she got her way
And wrote a note with such feeling.
She sat on the bed and put a gun to her head
And she blew her brains to the ceiling.
Nobody liked her until the end.
Now she's everybody's best friend.
Now the truth is out. Now it can be said:
Janey's popular now that Janey's dead.
No everybody's crying, "How could she do such a thing?"
Talking about dying. Talking about everything.
Her only friend was sad and everybody had to
Go over and see him.
The clothes she wore were given to the poor
And her class ring's in the museum.
Nobody liked her until the end.
Now she's everybody's best friend.
Now the truth is out. Now it can be said:
Janey's popular now that Janey's dead.
And now that she's gone.
We're gonna have to learn to carry on.
It's not in vain, it seems.
We've elected her Homecoming Queen.
You almost wish it happened to you.
Havard's offered to pay her way through.
John Lennon was right when he said:
"Everybody loves you when you're dead."
Think about it!
Nobody liked her until the end.
Now she's everybody's best friend.
Now the truth is out. Now it can be said:
Janey's popular now that Janey's dead.
Now that she's dead.
© 1990 Just A Song
