Some songs are not written — they are lived. “Storms Never Last” was Jessi Colter’s message of faith and love to her husband, Waylon Jennings, during one of the darkest chapters of their lives.
Two Rebels, One Love
In the early 1970s, Jessi met Waylon — the outlaw cowboy with fame, addiction, and loneliness chasing him. She saw through the chaos, believing that even the fiercest storms would one day pass.
The Birth of a Promise
One quiet afternoon in Nashville, Jessi sat at her piano and wrote “Storms Never Last.”
“Storms never last, do they, baby? Bad times all pass with the winds…”
It was a song of faith — not in religion, but in love that refuses to break.
A Duet from the Heart
In 1981, Waylon and Jessi recorded the song together. In the studio, he smiled while singing, and she looked at him through the glass, tears in her eyes. That moment captured what the lyrics had always meant: love that survives everything.
A Love that Truly Lasted
After Waylon’s death in 2002, Jessi continued to sing “Storms Never Last.” Every note became a prayer, every word a memory. The storms ended, but their love never did.