Name: Jesse
Duration: P00H05M10S
Description: A loping rock feel for this song.“Jesse” is recorded for the first time here, and was inspired by the son of a good friend of Kristi’s and mine. We’ve all heard about jobs moving overseas, and Jesse, in a time of personal economic peril, took a job with an Afghani electrical contractor. This is his story. Like The Civil Wars.

Jesse

from Tandem by Steve and Kristi Nebel

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A loping rock feel for this song.“Jesse” is recorded for the first time here, and was inspired by the son of a good friend of Kristi’s and mine. We’ve all heard about jobs moving overseas, and Jesse, in a time of personal economic peril, took a job with an Afghani electrical contractor. This is his story. Like The Civil Wars.

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Oh Jesse

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Oh Jesse, why'd you have to run so far
Oh Jesse, who made the times we live in get so hard
Oh Jesse, don't you know that I love you
Oh Jesse, I'm hopin' that you love me too

A man came from the bank last Saturday
He put the house we live in up for sale
He told me that I'd have to move out
Last week my unemployment options failed
Oh Jesse, how's the weather there in old Kabul?
Oh, Jesse, this world is makin' me a fool

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I hope that you are doing well there
You told me that they pay you well
You sent me an email a few hours ago
Said they tried to put you in their jail
Oh Jesse, now you say you're on the run
You say if they ever catch up with you they're gonna shoot you down in cold blood

CHORUS

We saw you on our computer just a week ago
You really looked good to me
Little Johnny asks about you every day
You're the man that Johnny'd like to be
Oh Jesse, Johnny and I miss you so
Oh Jesse, how I wish you hadn't had to go

CHORUS

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from Tandem, released March 5, 2023

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Steve and Kristi Nebel Tacoma, Washington

Steve and Kristi Nebel bring passion, finesse, and beauty with their songs of social justice, knife edge observations, and pure, simple love. They have traveled extensively having done nine tours in UK folk clubs and festivals. They have recorded more than ten CDs, mostly of their own songs. ... more

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