Jesse

Album: Stars (1973)
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  • Jesse come home, there's a hole in the bed
    Where we slept; now it's growing cold.
    Jesse your face, in the place where we lay
    By the hearth, all apart, it hangs on my heart

    And I'm leaving the light on the stairs
    No I'm not scared; I wait for you
    Hey Jesse, it's lonely, come home.

    Jesse the stairs in the halls, recalling
    Your step; and I remember too.
    All the pictures are shaded and fading in grey
    And I still set a place on the table at noon

    And I'm leaving the light on the stairs
    No I'm not scared; I wait for you
    Hey Jesse, it's lonely, come home.

    Jesse the spread on the bed,
    It's like when you left, I kept it for you.
    All the blues and the greens have been recently cleaned
    And are seemingly new; hey Jess, me and you.

    We'll swallow the light on the stairs
    I'll fix up my hair, we'll sleep unawares
    Hey Jesse, it's lonely, come home



    Writer/s: JANIS IAN
    Publisher: A SIDE MUSIC LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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  • John V V from Arkansas City, KsWas that whistling or a thermin in "Jesse"?
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