JANE AND HAL words and music by Lenny Solomon

Key D (Capo 2) © Solomon 2004

Here’s the story about Jane and Hal

One was my honey, and one was my pal

One was cruel, could not be meaner

The other took me to the cleaner

Jane, she had had this roving eye

Was she with me, or another guy

One day she’d swear her love forever

Always looked, for something better

We’d walk and talk, she’d say to me

It’s here with you, I want to be

But something in the words she spoke

Made my life go up in smoke

Chorus: Although you say, consistently

It’s here with you, that I want to be

The only thing I count on you for

Is when I call, you running out the door

The time has come, the truth be told

Your words are cheap and getting old

The only thing I can count that’s true

Is the fact I can’t count on you

I once had this friend named Hal

Who swore to me he was my pal

Through thick and thin, he’d always be

I’m your man, he said to me

Then one day, he sobered up

Pressed his lips, to a coffee cup

Stole my car, my watch and chain

And took off with good ol’ Jane

Chorus: Although you say, consistently

It’s here with you, that I want to be

The only thing I count on you for

Is when I call, you running out the door

The time has come, the truth be told

Your words are cheap and getting old

The only thing I can count that’s true

Is the fact I can’t count on you