Run Jolee Run Lyrics - Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away - Slaid Cleaves

Out where the tracks cut county road 9 

A diesel pulls up a long line 

Slowin up the grade to a crawl 

Where Jolee waits for an empty car 

Away from that man 

With a cruel tongue and a violent hand 

Who done told her more than once 

I'll put you six under if you try to run 

She walked into the pawn and said I'll take the little 32 

The man at the counter said are you sure, what you're gonna do 

Run, Jolee run, Jolee run 

Arkansas border Tennessee bound 

Across the muddy water into Memphis town 

A walk-up room, deadbolt on the door 

Street light moon, a creak in the floor 

Neon glows till the break of day 

Where she goes to make money 

Pourin whiskey, pourin gin 

Don't tell nobody where she's been 

And that little 32 in her pocket is loaded 

Run, Jolee run, Jolee run 

The scene plays, in her head 

Over and over again 

There's a movement, beneath the streetlamp 

And that little 32 gun is in her hand 

It barks like a dog, two three four 

Last call in the shadows 

Now Jolee waits for a morning train 

Goin where nobody knows her name 

Run, Jolee run, Jolee run