As I have played this song at shows and for friends people have often asked me who Jessica is. Jessica is no one, and yet lots of people at the same time. I tell people that songs that I title after someone are never about anyone real, and songs with no name in them are usually about specific people (though not always). When you love someone even in a non-monumental small way, that love stays with you over the years. Even if it changes and doesn't mean what it did it helps shape who you are and thus remains important in its own way. Sometimes the best way to really tell the truth is with fiction which is what this song does.
lyrics
Oh Jessica, you look kind of how I remember ya
Your face is still pretty your hair is still blond, your still getting along
Like the last year and all of the years before that
My girl and I, we split just a couple of months ago
Funny how life is and life taught me well, that life can be hell
Just keep trying your best and you learn from the mess
Oh how’s your mom how’s your dad how’s your sister and how’s your job
Hope it’s working out this time tell your family I’m sorry, works been so busy
And I’ll come see em next time I get out of the city
And I guess you and I weren’t right, just a flicker of nothing,
A flash in the moonlight, a port in the storm
Oh and you’d keep me company and I’d keep you warm
Oh Jessica, it isn’t that often I think about ya
Except when it’s snowing or I hear that song
Guess we didn’t make sense,
And I’ve loved plenty before you and loved plenty since
Oh tell your mom tell your dad tell your sister that I send my love
And tell your fiancé he’s one lucky man, hope he knows what he has
Jessica I’ll see you later, I’ve got a plane to catch
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