Before Jessie Died Lyrics - Tom T. Hall

She sat on the bar stool, she smoked and she drank 

Till the past became clear and the future went blank 

In the path she regains all her beauty and pride 

But that was before Jessie died 

Jessie, her husband was small, he was lean 

Drove a big yellow earth moving machine 

They had a new pick-up, the joy of their lives 

But that was before Jessie died 

She used to go shopping for pretty young clothes 

And her hair done Thursdays and her nails and her toes 

And on weekends they danced till the first morning light 

But that was before Jessie died 

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On weekends they'd cook out and watch all the games 

Jessie knew all of the best players names 

The sunshine so bright it put tears in your eyes 

But that was before Jessie died 

When Jessie got sick he was thirty years old 

They said, "It ain't nothing but a little light cold" 

And he worked till the pain wouldn't ease or subside 

And that was before Jessie died 

Now she sits on the stool with a glass in her hand 

She smiles and she talks to a travelin' man 

And there was time she would turn down a ride 

But that was before Jessie died 

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She sat on the bar stool, she smoked and she drank 

'Till the past became clear and the future went blank 

In the path she regains all her beauty and pride 

But that was before Jessie died