Well it sure didn't take too long

I woke up this morning she was gone

And the note that she wrote

Didn't say Dear John, just goodbye sucker I'm gone

She was a homegrown mountain girl

Raised in a different world

I was a wanna be rocker

She was more into Merle

Couldn't see it just wouldn't work

And now I'm double fisting long necks, grapefruit and Stoli

Never getting over Joely 



Well I poured myself in my car

I drove it on down to the bar

But they wouldn't let me in 

Cause I ain't a movie star

So I went to the Horse Shoe on Lamar

The bouncer threw me out there too

And I didn't know what to do

So I picked up the phone

And I called big Sue

But the call block wouldn't let me through

And now I'm wishing for some drugs or a shrink to console me

But I'm never getting over Joely



Well I gathered up all my guns

And a pipe bomb just for fun

And I drove to her house and parked on the lawn

That's right I always was a crazy one.

Well her boyfriend was sure nice to me

Said calm down would you like a drink

And then I shot him full of holes

From his nose to his knees

then I polished off my little sweet pea

And I'm crying on me knees feeling dirty and unholy

But I'm never getting over Joely

Now I'll probably get life and serve at least forty,

But I'm never getting over Joely