Jayton And Jill

D D Jayton had a job for seven bucks an hour�?� At the fillin' station by the water tower �?� A Just checkin' oil and fixin' flats�?� G D The kind of kid most folks just look past �?� D Jill was the local preacher's kid gone wild�?� Most the time her daddy couldn't stand his own child�?� A He'd quote the scripture with an angry shout�?� G D And list her all the reasons she would never turn out�?� G D She was drunk one night on the fourth of July�?� A Bm Parked in a pasture with an out-of-town guy�?� G D He got mad when she said no�?� Em G And he tore her Sunday dress�?� G D She was wanderin' alone on a county road�?� A Bm When the lights came over the hill�?� G A D That was the moment when Jayton met Jill D He said hey, do you need a ride home�?� She said go away, leave me alone�?� A But he noticed the bruise and the frightened tears�?� G D Said there ain't no way in Hell I'm leavin' you out here D It was rainin' a little and fixin' to storm�?� And his mustang jacket looked dry and warm A So she let him wrap it 'round her and she climbed inside�?� G D Sayin' OK I guess thanks for the ride G D At an all-night diner they waited out the storm�?� A Bm Ended up talking right up 'til dawn�?� G D By the time he dropped her off safe at home�?� Em G Neither one felt so alone G D Two lost souls found a connection A Bm that's blessin' both of them still�?� G A D On that night when Jayton met Jill G D A Bm G D Em G G D And what Jayton never told her about that night �?� A Bm Is how he'd taken his dad's old 45�?� G D He'd been drivin' 'round thinkin' how no one would miss him Em G If he just ended it all�?� G D He couldn't see past his own pain�?� A Bm 'Til he saw a pretty girl walkin' in the rain�?� G Thank God he made it over that hill �?� G A D That was the moment when Jayton met Jill�?� G A D