Grey DeLisle - Joanna lyrics

She was a raven-haired restless drunkard's daughter With skinny legs so long and dark and brown And she believed all the things the Bible taught her 'Til she changed her mind and busted outta town Sailed down the black mountain trail to meet her lover A no-good gambler the law called "One-Eyed Jack" From that cruel summer he never will recover 'Cause he don't reckon she's ever coming back She hitched her life to a rusty El Dorado And let the warm wind blow across her bones And in the night you can hear someone cryin' Joanna won't you please come home She was a raven-haired restless drunkard's daughter The knid of hero you need at seventeen A wild rose that went searching for some water And the kind of light the shadows never see