Down a dirt road littered with wrecks

where the sun is burning ball

through the bamboo and the thistle

walks Stella Joy

there’s a car under the water

there’s a rope across the creek

there’s someone’s naked daughter

diving deep

Don’t let your daddy know you’re here

swimming with the boys

Oh Stella Joy

By the silo in that crazy house

painted like wooden toy

old men said they’ll shave the head

of  Stella Joy

like teaching a dog to sit

they take a leather strap to the boy

and say you’re mine yes you’re mine

oh Stella Joy

Don’t let your daddy know you’re here

swimming with the boys

Oh  Stella Joy

Down a dirt road littered with wrecks

where the sun is burning ball

through the bamboo and the thistle

walks Stella Joy

Don’t let your daddy know you’re here

swimming with the boys

Oh Stella Joy