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What Jessie Needs

Jessie?s had beer on her breath
And a suitcase in her hand,
Knocked at my door again at two am
She?s been my friend since way back when,
She had a Friday night fight with her new boyfriend again
She calls me baby, she said baby can I crash here,
Just be tonight while I get my head clear

Jessie wouldn?t have a short clue,
About what to do if things went right,
In her life, it don?t seem to work that way,
But Jessie doesn?t have someone,
A lover who loves her way that I do,
She could use a boy like me,
Lately I?ve been thinking,
That?s what Jessie needs


Jessie flopped down on my couch,
Said she really had some doubts,
About this new love it just isn?t working out,
But I have loved her all this time,
But the timing?s never right,
I want to tell her but I?ll let her sleep it off tonight

She says baby I don?t want to put you out,
You go to bed now I?ll just sleep here on the couch

Jessie wouldn?t have a short clue,
About what to do if things went right,
In her life, it don?t seem to work that way,
But Jessie doesn?t have someone,
A lover, who loves her the way that I do,
She could use a boy like me,
Lately I?ve been thinking,
That?s what Jessie needs

I get up in the night, being quiet not to wake her,
But Jessie and her suitcase are gone
Left a note that says thank you,
But she?s slept it off and thought it through
She misses him so she went home,

Jessie wouldn?t have a short clue,
Bout what to do if things went right,
In her life, it doesn?t work that way,
Maybe Jessie just wants a shoulder,
A dry one,
To cry on,
To make it all right,
When it all falls apart at the seams,
Lately I?ve been thinking,
Maybe that?s all Jessie needs