From the recording Diamonds In The Bloodstream
By L.Sinclair
Featuring Liz Stringer & Van Walker on BV's
Lyrics
Jackie was a tough kid
She’d light up when the moon did
Shining like a streetlight
Down on the corner near where I lived
We got caught stealing cigarettes
Jackie’s Mumma slapped her in the teeth
She said ‘you aint gonna see him no more
you’re just a kid he’s just a thief
When Jackie smiled there was blood on her lip
I just waited for someone to speak
She slid a cigarette into my sleeve
And said I’ll see you next week
Jackie was a tough kid
Oh we were so young
Nobody loved her like I did
But you can’t catch the sun
There were times she would disappear
I wouldn’t see her on the school bus
Then she’d turn up somewhere out of the dark
Just like the sunrise does
She was pretty in the best way
She used to smell like pine wood
She had a heart that was set like stone
No one could hurt her like her Mumma could
Jackie was a tough kid
We were so young
Nobody loved her like I did
No body no one