Loretta from Lone Valkyrie by Jessi Adele

devil got her down
spoke her name out loud
took what he wanted
and left her to the crowd

she don’t want to take no more
don’t want to loose her faith no more
don’t want to keep keeping score
want to keep coming back
for more no more

oh Loretta
sweet Loretta Lynn
your dancing on your feet child
like you’re searching for the ground
but you aint gonna find it this time around

she came out west
with ribbons in her hair
and flowers on her dress
started singing in dive bars
honky tonks
driving beat up cars

she came in strong enough
to pull a river down
and travel the cost
but it was to much weight to bare
to many people
with too much despair

oh Loretta
sweet Loretta lynn
you’re dancing on your feet child
like your searching for the ground
but you ain’t gonna find it
this time around

she could have lived forever like this
in that old white house
on a miners kiss
she could have lied down like this
with the grain onto submissiveness

but devil got her down
spoke her name out loud
took what he wanted
and left her to the crowd

• Adam Selzer
• Folk
• Jessi Adele
• Lone Valkyrie
• Type Foundry Studio
• Portland