Kris Kristofferson - Jesse Younger lyrics

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.