Jessie -- Joshua Kadison

Charted: 1993+
Peaked at #26
SBK -- 50429
Written by Joshua Kadison
From the album "Painted Desert Serenade"
B-Side "When A Woman Cries"
Cassette -- 5:18

From a phone booth in Vegas
Jessie calls at 5 AM
To tell me how she's tired of all of them
She says "Baby, I've been thinking
About a trailer by the sea
We could go to Mexico
You, the cat and Me
We'll drink tequila and look for seashells
Now doesn't that sound sweet"
Oh, Jessie, you always do this every time
I get back on my feet

Chorus:
Jessie paint your pictures
About how it's gonna be
By now, I should know better
Your dreams are never free
But, tell me all about our little trailer by the sea
Jessie, you can always sell any dream to me
Oh, Jessie, you can always sell any dream to me

She asked me how the cat's been
I say "Moses, he's just fine"
But, he used to think about you all the time
We finally took your pictures down off the wall
Jessie, how do you always know just when to call
She says "Get your things together
Bring Moses and drive real fast"
And I listened to her promise
I swear to God, this time it's gonna last

Chorus

I'll love you in the sunshine
Lay you down in the warm, white sand
And who knows, maybe this time
Things will turn out just the way you planned

Chorus