Jesse Lyrics

The song Jesse is performed by Janis Ian in the album named Best of Janis Ian - The Autobiography Collection in the year 2008 .



JESSE COME HOME
THERE'S A HOLE IN THE BED
WHERE WE SLEPT
NOW IT'S GROWING COLD
HEY 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, I'M LONELY, COME HOME

JESSE, THE FLOORS AND THE BOARDS
RECALLING YOUR STEP
AND I REMEMBER, TOO
ALL THE PICTURES ARE FADING
AND SHADED IN GREY
BUT I STILL SET A PLACE
ON THE TABLE AT NOON

AND I'M LEAVING A LIGHT ON THE STAIRS
NO I'M NOT SCARED - I WAIT FOR YOU
HEY JESSE, I'M LONELY, COME HOME

JESSE, THE SPREAD ON THE BED
IS LIKE WHEN YOU LEFT
I'VE KEPT IT ALL FOR YOU
AND ALL THE BLUES AND THE GREENS
HAVE BEEN RECENTLY CLEANED
AND THEY'RE SEEMINGLY NEW
HEY JES, ME AND YOU

WE'LL SWALLOW THE LIGHT ON THE STAIRS
WE'LL DO UP MY HAIR
WE'LL SLEEP UNAWARE
HEY JESSE, I'M LONELY, COME HOME




Janis Ian - Best of Janis Ian - The Autobiography Collection

Jul 2008

  1. Hair of Spun Gold
  2. god and the fbi*
  3. Society's Child
  4. Haven't I Got Eyes
  5. This Train Still Runs
  6. Arms Around My Life
  7. His Hands*
  8. When Angels Cry
  9. My Tennessee Hills
  10. Every Love
  11. Some People's Lives*
  12. Stolen Fire
  13. Days Like These*
  14. Tattoo
  15. Through The Years*
  16. I Hear You Sing Again
  17. I Long For You*
  18. Ginny the Flying Girl
  19. Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye
  20. Today You're Mine*
  21. Silly Habits
  22. Jesse
  23. Stars
  24. Thankyous
  25. At Seventeen - album version
  26. Love Is Blind
  27. Fly Too High
  28. Joy
  29. My Autobiography
  30. Hair of Spun Gold (Janis' very first demo, sung into her father's tape recorder in 1963)
  31. At Seventeen


Jesse