1. Everybody in my senior class Got the hell out just as fast as they...
They call her Mississippi But she don't flow to me Spends her light on the...
Mississippi river railroad track Want to go to memphis get my baby back Get me...
Wanna shake' em with me, wanna shake' em with me seemy baby yo moma standen...
Every step of the way We walk the line Your days are numbered So are...
long white arms losing their strength and form sixty year...
I want to be somebody I want to make a...
I nearly died i suicided softly I saw her shadow...
Why do you think she wears those black boots... Why...
carmen, i don't know i don't know i don't know...
Tell me how the story will unfold, I know you...
I keep walking down the same city streets The same...
Here i am, a black-eyed bird, remaining silent. I simply...
I remember the pain in my mother's eyes, I remember...
Chorus: Jolene, jolene, jolene, jolene, i'm beggin' of you, please...