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Artist: Carly Simon
Canonical path: /carly-simon/jesse
Related lyric paths: 6
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Jesse
Read Jesse lyrics by Carly Simon on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Jesse
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Oh mother, say a prayer for me
Jesse's back in town, it won't be easy
Don't let him near me
Don't let him touch me
Don't let him please me
Jesse, I won't cut fresh flowers for you
Jesse, I won't make the wine cold for you
Jesse, I won't change the sheets for you
I won't put on cologne
I won't sit by the phone for you
Annie, keep reminding me
That he cut out my heart like a paper doll
Sally, tell me once again
How he set me up just to see me fall
Jesse, I won't cut fresh flowers for you
Jesse, I won't make the wine cold for you
Jesse, I won't change the sheets for you
I won't put on cologne
I won't sit by the phone for you
Jesse, quick come here
I won't tell a soul
Not even myself
Jesse, that you've come back to me
My friends will all say: She's gone again
But how can anyone know what you are to me
That I'm in heaven again because you've come back to me
Oh, Jesse
Jesse, I'll always cut fresh flowers for you
Jesse, I'll always make the wine cold for you
Jesse, I can easily change my mind about you
And put on cologne
And sit by the phone for you
Jesse, let's open the wine
And drink to the heart
Which has a will of its own
My friends, let's comfort them
They're feeling bad
They think I've sunk so low
Jesse, I'll always cut fresh flowers for you
Jesse, I'll always make the wine cold for you
Jesse, I will change the sheets for you
Put on cologne
And I will wait by the phone for you
Oh, Jesse
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Carly Simon performs "Jesse", and this lyric page sits inside the Carly Simon catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to You're So Vain and The Right Thing To Do with a short reason for opening each page next.
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