LYRICS

Jessie

Jessie, you’ve been hanging on
You’ve been hanging on by a thread
My baby, it’s time to move on
Gotta pick yourself up and move west
 
White lines won’t getcha very far
‘cept those dark talks into the night
That dealer, he don’t lover you, girl
but he will for sure suck you dry
 
‘Cause this world will not look after you
Citrus in your cuts and red in your blue
Gotta sleep where there’s a bed
or just a place for your head
‘cause it’s tiring
always bleeding instead
 
I remember how they treated you
when you were tossin’ football with the boys
with your pink and green neon short hair
You were smiling, but not with your eyes
 
Now I’ve seen you rest in many men’s arms
but they never quite fit you right
Something about you is richer than romance
and without it, you’d still be alright
 
(chorus)
 
Well, the last time you called you were in the dark
You were walking home from the bar
Taking shots of tequila, schooling townies in darts
desensitizing all your insides
 
Now you punched that girl
‘cause she looked at you wrong
Jess, I’ve never known you to fight
You were laughing through your tears
and kicking street signs
This is the only way they taught you to cry

(chorus)
 
Well, you mothered all your siblings at the age of ten
waited tables before you could drive
Saw you waving that cap in your gown from the stands
you said, “Fuck you. I still know how to shine.”

And you bounced from crowd to crowd just to stay afloat
but busters couldn’t hold a candle to you
You gotta shake ‘em all off
Teeth up to the sun
Jessie, show ‘em all how it’s done
 
(chorus)