Tom T Hall - Before Jessie Died lyrics

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(Tom T. Hall)

She sat on the barstool, she smoked and she drank

Till the past became clear and the future went blank

In the past she regains all her beauty and pride

But that was before Jessie died.

Jessie her husband was small he was lean

Drove a big yellow earth movin' machine

They had a new pick-up the joy of their lives

But that was before Jessie died.

She used to go shoppin' for pretty young clothes

Had her hair done on Thusdays and her nails and her toes

And on weekends they'd dance til the first mornin' light

But that was before Jessie died.

On weekends they'd cook out and watch all the games

Jessie knew all of the best players names

The sun shined so bright it put tears in your eyes

But that was before Jessie died.

When Jessie got sick he was thirty years old

He said it ain't nothin' but a little light cold

And he worked till the pain wouldn't ease or subside

And that was before Jessie died.

Now she sits on the stool with a glass in her hand

She smiles and she talks to a travelin' man

There was a time she would turn down a ride

But that was before Jessie died.

She sat on the barstool she smoked and she drank

Till the past became clear and the future went blank

In the past she regains all her beauty and pride

But that was before Jessie died...