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 Joe

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 a pretty one

You'd be any fella's gream come true

All the way through high school it tore

Me up to watch them as they stared

Martha Ellen Jenkins, at times

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