Let me tell you all a 'bout a girl named Lonesome Joan When she was she thought she'd try to tie her shoe Her Momma said, "I'll you how!" She her Mom aside "I'll do it alone," Lonesome Joan And her stayed untied
Oh, Lonesome Joan, Joan Felt she had to do alone She said, "I need no help, I can do it by myself" Oh, Lonesome, Joan
Well, she got a little older -- thought she'd learn to read and Her tried to help her yelled, "Get out of my sight!" So she never learned to write her name or even read a And all alone she never to swim or skate or count or cook
Oh, Joan, Lonesome Joan Felt she had to do alone She said, "I need no help, I can do it by myself" Oh, Lonesome, Joan
Well, time went by and Joan old as people sometimes will When Joan was 81 years old, she met a named Lil Lil said, "Joan, just ridiculous the things that you can't do! Joan, you're an 80 old woman -- Time you learn to tie your shoe!"
Oh, Lonesome, Joan You don't have to do everything You can use a little Don't have to do it by Oh, Lonesome, Joan
So Lil taught Joan to and write and tie her shoe and more And Joan lived to the age of a hundred and forty four So be you learned a lesson From that old girl, Joan When you're trying for the time, You don't have to try
Oh, Joan, Lonesome Joan You don't to do everything alone You can use a little have to do it by yourself Oh, Lonesome, Joan Oh, Lonesome, Lonesome
tie yie, pardners!