Do you need to hold a leash to be a lady?
I know you're gonna make it, make it on your own
Why don't you try to forget him?
Just open up your dainty little hand
You know this life is filled with many sweet companions
Many satisfying one-night stands
Do you want to be the ditch around a tower?
Do you want to be the moonlight in his cave?
Do you want to give your blessing to his power
As he goes whistlin' past his daddy, past his daddy's grave?
I'd like to take you to the ceremony
Well, that is if I remember the way
You see Jack and Jill, they're gotta join their misery
And I'm afraid it's time for everyone to pray
You can see they've finally taken cover
They're willing, yeah they're willing to obey
“Jack and Jill”  is  a well-known English nursery rhyme dating back to the 18th century: 
 Jack and Jill Went up the hill To fetch a pail of water Jack fell down And broke his crown, And Jill came tumbling after. 
 So Cohen is quite right in describing Jack and Jill’s life as “misery”. Even more since R. D. Laing used the two names for a very popular book of poems,  “Knots”  (1970) where Jack and Jill get entangeld in ever more complex and complicated misunderstandings. 

Why Dont You Try?