Text: Kris Kristofferson. Live At The Philharmonic. Jesse Younger.

Little Jesse Younger was a well respected lad
Doin' all he could to please his mommy and his dad
But he never planned to be the man they said that he'd become
Somehow or another now his little baby brother
Is his father's and his mother's only son

Everyday the neighbors say that it's a dirty shame the way
We spat upon his family and scandalized their name
And his parents never really ever said he'd been his own
Somehow or another Jesse's 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 teach your parents so unkind
You have selfishly refused to live your life the way they planned
Aou started goin' your own way and speaking your own mind

Jesse Younger's parents wonder where it all went wrong
Now that Jesse's name is turned to ashes on their tongues
But he chose to start and try to cover future of his own
And he got his brothers because now his younger brother's
His father's and his mother's only son
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