Well I came by your house the other day 
Your mother said you went away 
She said there was nothing I could have done 
There was nothing nobody could say 
Me and you we've known each other ever since we were sixteen 
I wished I would have known 
I wished I could have called you 
Just to say good bye Bobby Jean 

Now you hung with me when all the others turned away turned up their nose 
We liked the same bands we liked the same clothes 
We told each other that we were the wildest 
The wildest things we'd ever seen 
Now I wished you would have told me 
I wished I could have talked to you 
Just to say good bye Bobby Jean 

Now we went walking in the rain talking about the pain from the world we hid 
Now there ain't nobody nowhere nohow gonna ever understand me the way you did 
Maybe you'll be out there on that road somewhere 
In some bus or train traveling along 
In some motel room there'll be a radio playing and you'll hear me sing this song 
Well if you do you'll know I'm thinking of you 
And all the miles in between 
And I'm calling one last time 
Not to change your mind 
But just to say I miss you baby 
Good luck good bye 
Bobby Jean