[Verse 1]

             
Paychecks and 

          
cigarettes gov


ern the kitche

nette
             
She works the 

              
evenings, beli

              
eving what her

             
 teachers alwa

   
ys said:
              
"Jolene is ver

       
y keen, that g

irl will live 

the dream--
          
Go to college,

 get away." Bu

t her boyfrien

d, in the pris

on, he’ll say:

[Pre-Chorus]

            
Wait for me, o

              
ne more day, a

   
nd when I’m fr

ee
             
Baby we will r

    
un away

[Verse 2]

             
John Paul sold

         
 Adderall and 

cocaine by the

 shopping mall
             
He made him a 

              
few bucks, now

              
 he’s locked u

             
p, serving tim

             
e until next f

all
              
Plans made in 

              
seventh grade,


 he left them 

all delayed
        
But she loves 

him, even so; 

so he begs her

, Oh my darlin

g don’t go

[Pre-chorus]

            
Wait for me, o

              
ne more day, a

   
nd when I’m fr

ee
             
Baby we will r

        
un away (...wa

  
y)
             
Baby we will r

        
un away (...wa

  
y)

[Chorus]

        
Hey Jolene, yo

             
u’re the one I

 
 want
            
To come with m

         
e when I leave

      
 this haunt
            
Baby sink or s

          
wim, we’ll be 

      
on our own
             
Cuz we’re leav

      
ing Ohio

[Bridge]

             
I’m gonna make

            
 parole and, y


ou’re gonna le

ave that hole,

 and

We’re gonna fi

nd a place whe

re, nobody kno

ws our faces
             
And I’ll find 

              
a job that pay

      
s and, you’ll 

study every da

y, and
             
Baby we got to

              
 go, they’ll n

              
ever know, we’

             
re leaving Ohi

    
o (...ohhh)

            
Baby we’re lea

          
ving Ohio  (..

  
.ohhh)
          
Baby we’re lea

ving...

[Outro]

        
Hey Jolene, yo

             
u’re the one I

 
 want
            
To come with m

         
e when I leave

      
 this haunt
            
Baby sink or s

          
wim, we’ll be 

      
on our own
             
Cuz we’re leav

      
ing Ohio