Joan Baez — Jesse

[Verse 1] Jesse, come home There's a hole in the bed Where we slept Now it's growing cold Jesse, your face In the place where we lay By the hearth, all apart It hangs on my heart [Chorus] And I'm leaving the light on the stairs No, I'm not scared—I wait for you Hey Jesse, it's lonely, come home [Verse 2] Jesse, the stairs and the halls Recalling your step And I remember, too All the pictures are shaded And fading in grey And I still set a place At the table at noon [Chorus] And I'm leaving the light on the stairs No, I'm not scared—I wait for you Hey Jesse, it's lonely, come home [Verse 3] Jesse, the spread on the bed Is like when you left I kept it for you All the blues and the greens Have been recently cleaned And are seemingly new Hey Jess, me and you [Chorus] We'll swallow the light on the stairs I'll fix up my hair—we'll sleep unaware Hey Jesse, it's lonely, come home