Boy In Black Leather - The Waterboys

Jackie was one of the crowd

Who hung out at the Cross Keys Hotel

She was a real bright kid

Thought I knew her pretty well

Beach parties at night

We ran down town in the day

Till a boy in black leather

Came and took Jackie away

We were all in The Keys one night

Sitting, laughing and joking

Billy’d got himself a new job

Ross had given up smoking

I was crazy for Jackie

I was almost ready to say

When a boy in black leather

Came and took Jackie away

He was standing at the bar

When I went up for a drink

Then he and she just started talking

I didn’t know what to think

Billy pulled me into an argument

About the big bad world today

I looked up and a boy in black leather

Was taking Jackie away

After that things began to get dull

I took up with Billy’s sister Molly

But that got really kicked on the head

When she upped and went to college

I got to thinking about Jackie

And as autumn moved into gray

I thought about a boy in black leather

Who came and took Jackie away

Then this month I saw her

The girl I knew had all but gone

Tight jeans, mohair sweater

Her hair was chopped off, peroxide blond

I crossed the road towards her

Thinking of something to say

When a boy in black leather walked over

And together they hurried away