She got dresses and left that morning   in her hair the autumn rain   she didn't leave a number   wouldn't tell me her last name   she said don't fall in love with me   if you want to be my lover      Chased her up through Johnson City   led a bloodhound by the trail   I followed her to Harlan   where the coal dust showed her trail   she said don't fall in love with me   if you want to be my lover      Her heart ain't stuck on Dixie   where the roads are paved in bone   her heart don't hinge on Dixie   and her words are sticks and stones   she said don't fall in love with me   if you want to be my lover      Caught that girl up on mountain   fed her earth beneath the clouds   I didn't hear the thunder   through her pleas, they weren't too loud   she said don't fall in love with me   if you want to be my lover