Yes. I remember the television movie based on the song hinting that. Quite daring for its time. And speaking of crushes, Mr. Benson fluttered a few young men's hearts in his time.
Jerry kerry wrote: > Bob wrote: > > >The third of June > > >Today Billy Joe MacAllister jumped off the Tallahatchee bridge > > And didn't he jump because he thought he was gay? I'm just going by the > movie with Robbie Benson. :>) I wonder if that's what she intended when she > wrote the song. > > Kerry > > NP - Lucinda Williams - Essence (great song!)