| You are viewing a comparison between the current version and version 3 of the song that we have archived as Janis Ian's Lyrics - Jesse (current) | |||||
| → Janis Ian Lyrics | → New Lyrics | → Esta página en español ← | → www.mp3lyrics.org ← | Search 4 related Lyrics ← | most popular lyrics ← |
|
||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
|
Current version of Janis Ian Lyrics Jesse (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/j/janis-ian/jesse/) Current version of the lyrics |
Version 3 of Janis Ian Lyrics Jesse (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/j/janis-ian/jesse/v3.html) Version 3 of the lyrics | |||||||||||
| Jesse, come home, | Jesse, come home, | |||||||||||
| There's a hole in the bed, | There's a hole in the bed, | |||||||||||
| Where we slept. | Where we slept. | |||||||||||
| Now it's growing cold. | Now it's growing cold. | |||||||||||
| Hey, Jesse, your face, | Hey, Jesse, your face, | |||||||||||
| 1 | And the place where we lay, | In the place where we lay, | 1 | |||||||||
| By the hearth, all apart. | By the hearth, all apart. | |||||||||||
| 2 | It hangs on my heart. | It hangs on the heart. | 2 | |||||||||
| 3 | And I'm leaving the light on the stair. | And I'm leaving the light on the stairs. | 3 | |||||||||
| 4 | No, I'm not scared, I'm waiting for you. | No, I'm not scared, 'cause I wait for you. | 4 | |||||||||
| Hey, Jesse, I'm lonely, come home. | Hey, Jesse, I'm lonely, come home. | |||||||||||
| Jesse, the floors and the boards, | Jesse, the floors and the boards, | |||||||||||
| 5 | are recalling your step, | Recalling your steps. | 5 | |||||||||
| And I remember, too. | And I remember, too. | |||||||||||
| 6 | All the pictures are shaded, | All the pictures are fading, | 6 | |||||||||
| 7 | And faded to gray. | And they're shaded in gray. | 7 | |||||||||
| But I still set a place, | But I still set a place, | |||||||||||
| 8 | At the table for two. | On the table at noon. | 8 | |||||||||
| 9 | And I'm leaving the light on the stair, | And I'm leaving a light on the stairs, | 9 | |||||||||
| 10 | No, I'm not scared, I'm waiting for you. | No, I'm not scared, 'cause I wait for you. | 10 | |||||||||
| Hey, Jesse, I'm lonely, come home. | Hey, Jesse, I'm lonely, come home. | |||||||||||
| [Instrumental break with vocal stylings featuring Janis on the guitar.] | [Instrumental break with vocal stylings featuring Janis on the guitar.] | |||||||||||
| Jesse, the spread on the bed | Jesse, the spread on the bed | |||||||||||
| Is like when you left. | Is like when you left. | |||||||||||
| 11 | I've kept it up for you, | 'Cause I've kept it up for you, | 11 | |||||||||
| 12 | All the blues and the greens, | And all the blues and all the greens, | 12 | |||||||||
| 13 | Have been recently cleaned. | Have recently been cleaned. | 13 | |||||||||
| And they're seemingly new. | And they're seemingly new. | |||||||||||
| 14 | Hey, Jess, me and you.... | Hey, Jes, me and you. | 14 | |||||||||
| 15 | We'll swaddle the light on the stair. | We'll swallow the light on the stairs. | 15 | |||||||||
| 16 | I'll fix up my hair. | We'll do up my hair. | 16 | |||||||||
| 17 | We'll sleep unaware. | And we'll sleep unaware. | 17 | |||||||||
| 18 | Hey, Jesse, it's lonely, come home. | Hey, Jesse, I'm lonely, come home. | 18 | |||||||||
| [JESSE] | [JESSE] | |||||||||||
| [Written by: Janis Ian | [Written by: Janis Ian | |||||||||||
| Performed by: Janis Ian[1] | Performed by: Janis Ian[1] | |||||||||||
| Appears on: Stars-1974 & 2004, The Best of Janis Ian-1980 & 2002, Up 'Till | Appears on: Stars-1974 & 2004, The Best of Janis Ian-1980 & 2002, Up 'Till | |||||||||||
| Now-1992, The Bottom Line Encore Collection-1999[2], Live: Working Without | Now-1992, The Bottom Line Encore Collection-1999[2], Live: Working Without | |||||||||||
| a Net-2003, Souveniers: Best of Janis Ian (1972-1981)-2004 & 2006, et al.] | a Net-2003, Souveniers: Best of Janis Ian (1972-1981)-2004 & 2006, et al.] | |||||||||||
| [1]Covered by: Joan Baez-1975, Roberta Flack-1975, Karrin Allyson-1992, Shirley | [1]Covered by: Joan Baez-1975, Roberta Flack-1975, Karrin Allyson-1992, Shirley | |||||||||||
| Bassey-1997, London Starlight Orchestra-1998, Nelda Alvarez-2000, et al.] | Bassey-1997, London Starlight Orchestra-1998, Nelda Alvarez-2000, et al.] | |||||||||||
| [2]Transcribed from the track on this album.] | [2]Transcribed from the track on this album.] | |||||||||||
| [Copyright © Janis Ian/her co-writer(s) if any/their publisher(s). | [Copyright © Janis Ian/her co-writer(s) if any/their publisher(s). | |||||||||||
| All rights reserved.] | All rights reserved.] | |||||||||||
|
→ privacy policy → contact |
 |
popular lyrics list ← search lyrics ← |
|||
| |||||
