Jaron grew up in a little town in Iowa. He lived on a farm and played football for his high school every fall. He was one of the better tight ends in the state but he would never tell anyone this. He just worked hard all of the time to constantly get better. During one game he noticed one of the cheerleaders watching him a lot during a Friday night game. He had no idea who she was and none of his friends had ever seen her before. When he went back to school on Monday he was looking for the girl all day but he was unsuccessful. He went to practice that evening wondering if the girl even existed. He was a little sad but he put all of his emotions out of his head for most of the practice. However about an hour into practice the cheerleaders came outside for their practice. Jaron was watching them looking for the girl he saw last Friday night. He saw her and noticed that again she was looking at him. They made eye contact but she got nervous and looked away. Jaron was distracted by the girl all of practice.
After practice he went over to her and started to talk to her. He learned that her name was Jamie and that she had just moved from St. Paul Minnesota. She was adopted however she did not like life in the big city so when she turned 18, a few weeks ago, she moved in with her uncle. Jaron asked her if she wanted him to show her the town. She agreed and they took off in his pickup. There was not much to see in the little town and both of them wish there was more to see so they could spend more time with each other. After they went around the town twice Jaron dropped Jamie off at her house. She said she would like to do something with him again sometime so they made plans to go to dinner after the game on Friday night. They ended up going to dinner and Jaron asked her out at the dinner. She happily said yes. They were together for the rest of their junior year and that summer. During their senior year they were still together and began to get very serious.
They decided to not go to college but instead get married. They were married for three years when they started to talk about having a kid. However before they even started trying to have a child she went out with her friends on a Saturday night. She had done this many times so Jaron was not really concerned. However when it was three in the morning and Jamie was still not home Jaron got concerned. He called her but she did not answer. This made him even more concerned so he decided to call one of her friends. Her friend was obviously intoxicated when she answered. Jaron asked her where Jamie was and what she was doing. Her friend told him that she left around one with some guy. He asked who it was but she started to ask how his child was. Jaron decided getting anything more from her was not going to happen so he hung up and tried to call Jamie again. She did not answer so he decided to go to the bar that she was at before to see if the bartender knew anything more. When he got there the bar was already closed. He decided to go home and try to get some sleep so he could figure out things in the morning.
Jaron did not sleep at all that night so around six he made some coffee and started to read the paper. When Jamie walked through the door later that morning she was met with Jaron’s unhappy glare. He asked her who she left the bar with last night and where they went and what they did before she even could close the door. She said that it was an old friend from Minnesota who was coming back from dropping off his kid at college. She said that she made a mistake but was drunk and it would never happen again and that she was really sorry. Jaron was so angry he left through the back door and went around the house to his truck. He went for a drive just to calm himself down a little bit. Once he could think clearly again he realized he was a few hours from home in the middle of nowhere and his truck was almost out of gas. He decided to turn around and see if he could make it to a gas station before his tank was empty.
Unfortunately he did not so he then had to for a walk to get gas. When he got to the town he reached a church before the gas station. He was exhausted and planned on just stopping and asking for some water or food. When he walked in the people were welcoming and gave him some food and water. The preacher even offered to give him a ride to the gas station and back to his car after the service. Jaron accepted the preachers offer and stayed for the service. The preacher talked about how you cannot hate others even if they have done wrong to you. After the service the preacher drove Jaron to the gas station and then back to his truck. When the preacher was about to leave he asked Jaron if he needed anything else. Jaron asked if he had time to talk. The preacher did so they sat down on the side of the road and Jaron told the preacher what Jamie had done the night before. The preacher thought for awhile and told him that you need to be the one to make the decision. But he told Jaron that his wife did a similar thing and that he stayed with her trying to make it work for a few years but they never could. They later got divorced and that he felt it helped him get on with his life.
Jaron thanked the man for his help and went back home where Jamie was waiting for him. Jaron was still angry with her so he refused much conversation and told her that he wanted to get divorced. She began to cry and Jaron told her that she made him feel the same was when she made her decision. She left the house and spent the night at one of her friend’s houses. The next morning Jamie came to get all of her stuff. Jaron had not so neatly put her stuff in boxes which he left on the doorstep. They got divorced but Jaron still hated her. However he remembered what the preacher had told him and decided to follow his advice for the most part. He prayed that many unfortunate things happen to her. A few years later he remarried. One Saturday morning he was eating breakfast with his new wife. He opened the paper to see that his prayer had really worked.
Nice job of interpreting the lyrics!
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