Cocaine flame in my bloodstream
Sold my coat when I hit Spokane
Bought myself a hard pack of cigarettes in the early morning rain

Lately my hands they don't feel like mine
My eyes been stung with dust, I'm blind
Held you in my arms one time

Lost you just the same
Jolene
I ain't about to go straight

It's too late
I found myself face down in the ditch
Booze on my hair

Blood on my lips
A picture of you, holding a picture of me
in the pocket of my blue jeans

Still don't know what love means
Still don't know what love means
Jolene

Ah, La, La, La, La, La
Jolene
Been so long since I seen your face

or felt a part of this human race
I've been living out of this here suitcase for way too long
A man needs something he can hold onto

A nine pound hammer or a woman like you
Either one of them things will do
Jolene

I ain't about to go straight
It's too late
I found myself face down in the ditch

Booze in my hair
Blood on my lips
A picture of you, holding a picture of me

In the pocket of my blue jeans
Still don't know what love means
Still don't know what love means

Jolene
La, La, La, La, La, La, La
Jolene

La, La, La, La, La, La, La
Jolene