Met a girl when I young
She was 16 minus 1
Fell in love with the sprinklers on
Graduated moved away
Stay in bed most every day
A love like that can make you stay
But i know
We're not 16 anymore
And I know
It ain't like it was before
'Cause April Jean
Is killing me
She haunts my dreams at night
And I'm not all right
It's another damn fight
She sleeps right by my side
And I know she'll always be
My April Jean
(My April Jean)
Lost the girl I'm 21
Photograph exposed to sun
Pictures in my wallet done
Late at night she paints me blue
When I'm drunk I think of you
I can't trade her in for someone new
But I know
We're not 16 anymore
And I know
It ain't like it was before
'Cause April Jean
Is killing me
She haunts my dreams at night
And I'm not alright
It's another damn fight
She sleeps right by my side
And I know she'll always be
My April Jean
I go back to the days on the bedroom floor
Where we talked about love and the boys before
And I go back to the nights in the parking lot
Where we took it all off and we never got caught
I know her favorite songs
I know she's never wrong
I know we'll fall in love again
We'll fall in love again
April Jean
Is killing me
She haunts my dreams at night
And I'm not alright
It's another damn fight
She sleeps right by my side
'Cause April Jean
Is killing me
She haunts my dreams at night
And I'm not alright
It's another damn fight
She sleeps right by my side
And I know she'll always be
And I know she'll always be
My April Jean.