Joanna
Grey Delisle Lyrics

She was a raven-haired restless drunkard's daughter
The woman being sung about has dark hair and is the child of an alcoholic who is agitated and cannot stay still.

With skinny legs so long and dark and brown
She has thin yet lengthy and tanned legs.

And she believed all the things the Bible taught her
She had complete faith in everything she learned from the Bible.

'Til she changed her mind and busted outta town
However, at some point, she shifted her perspective and left the town.

Sailed down the black mountain trail to meet her lover
She used the dark path across the mountain to meet her partner.

A no-good gambler the law called "One-Eyed Jack"
The person she met was a gambler who had a notorious reputation.

From that cruel summer he never will recover
He was left emotionally scarred after that particular summer.

'Cause he don't reckon she's ever coming back
His belief is that she will never return.

She hitched her life to a rusty El Dorado
She relied on a beaten-up car for her livelihood.

And let the warm wind blow across her bones
She allowed warm air to flow through her bones during a drive.

And in the night you can hear someone cryin'
At night, someone can be heard crying.

Joanna won't you please come home
The person crying is begging Joanna to come back.

The kind of hero you need at seventeen
The woman was like a hero that one would require at seventeen years of age.

A wild rose that went searching for some water
She was like a wildflower that was on a quest to find water.

And the kind of light the shadows never see
She exuded an inner light that was not commonly noticeable in the darkest of places.