Interpret:

Kris Kristofferson

Album:

Jesus Was A Capricorn

Little Jesse Younger was a well respected lad
 Doing all he could to please his mommy and his dad
 But he never planned to be the man
 They said that he'd become
 And somehow or another Jesse's little baby brother
 Is his father's and his mother's only son


 Ev'ry day the neighbors say that it's a dirty shame
 The way he spat upon his family and scandalized their name
 And his parents never really ever said he'd been disowned
 But somehow or another now his little baby brother
 Is his father's and his mother's only son


 Oh, Jesse Younger you're a devil not a man
 Can you dare to treat your parents so unkind?
 You have selfishly refused to live your life the way they planned
 And you've started going your own way and speaking your own mind.


 Jesse Younger's parents wonder where it all went wrong
 Now that Jesse's name has turned to ashes on their tongues
 But he chose to starve asnd try to carve a future of his own
 And he got his druthers because now his younger brother
 Is his father's and his mother's only son.


 Oh, Jesse Younger, you're a devil not a man
 Can you dare to treat your parents so unkind?
 You have selfishly refuysed to live your life the way they planned
 And you've started going your own way and speaking your own mind.