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Jesse Lyrics by Scott Walker

The Drift

2006

[Refrain]
(Pow! Pow!)
(Pow! Pow!)

[Verse 1]
Nose holes caked in black cocaine (Pow! Pow!)
No one holds a match to your skin (Pow! Pow!)
No dupe, no chiming, a way off miles off
No needle through a glove

[Refrain]
(Pow! Pow!)

[Chorus]
Famine is a tall, tall tower
A building left in the night
Jesse, are you listening?
It casts its ruins in shadows
Under Memphis moonlight
Jesse are you listening?

[Refrain]
(Pow! Pow!)
(Pow! Pow!)

[Verse 2]
Six feet of foetus flung at sparrows in the sky
Put yourself in my shoes
A kiss, wet, muzzle, a clouded eye
No stars to flush it out

[Chorus]
Famine is a tall, tall tower
A building left in the night
Jesse, are you listening?
It casts its ruins in shadows
Under Memphis moonlight
Jesse, are you listening?

[Refrain]
(Pow! Pow!)
(Pow! Pow!)

[Verse 3]
In the dream I am crawling around on my hands and knees
Smoothing out the prairie
All the dents and the gouges and the winds dying down
I lower my head, press my ear to the prairie

[Outro]
Alive
I'm the only one left alive
I'm the only one left alive
I'm the only one left alive
Alive
I'm the only one left alive
I'm the only one left alive
I'm the only one left alive

About “Jesse” by Scott Walker

Read the complete lyrics to "Jesse" by Scott Walker from the album "The Drift" in 2006. On Lyrks you can follow along with the full text, explore the artist's discography, and discover related songs. The track is often categorized under USA, In English, Post-Rock.

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"Jesse" is credited to Scott Walker. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Jesse" appears on "The Drift" in 2006.

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