Martha Ellen Jenkins lyrics

Martha Ellen Jenkins

How long have I chased the boys away from you?

It seems like it was yesterday

I turned Bill Johnson's green eyes black and blue

That was back in grammar school,

Already you had won my heart away

Martha Ellen Jenkins, I even loved you

In the second grade

Martha Ellen Jenkins

I remember every time you broke my heart

The eighth grade, it was Tommy Jones

Tommy, he was trouble from the start

I met him in the schoolyard one afternoon

When everyone was gone

Martha Ellen Jenkins,

Tommy didn't stay around too long

Martha Ellen Jenkins

How long have the boys been makin' eyes at you?

You've always been the pretty one

You'd be any fella's dream come true

All the way through high school

It tore me up to watch them as they stared

Martha Ellen Jenkins,

Sometimes you didn't notice I was there

Martha Ellen Jenkins

How long have I waited for the day to come?

Ever since the second grade I prayed

That I would be the lucky one

Now you're walkin' down the aisle

Just the way I always dreamed you would

Martha Ellen Jenkins

Now I've chased the boys away for good

Martha Ellen Jenkins

Now I've chased the boys away for good