Jolene

Album: Cowboy Carter (2024)
Charted: 8 7
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  • (Jolene)
    (Jolene)

    Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
    I'm warnin' you, don't come for my man (Jolene)
    Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
    Don't take the chance because you think you can

    You're beautiful beyond compare
    Takes more than beauty and seductive stares
    To come between a family and a happy man
    Jolene, I'm a woman too
    The games you play are nothing new
    So you don't want no heat with me, Jolene
    We been deep in love for twenty years
    I raised that man, I raised his kids
    I know my man better than he knows himself (uh, what?)
    I can easily understand why you're attracted to my man
    But you don't want this smoke
    So shoot your shot with someone else (you heard me)

    Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
    I'm warnin' you, woman, find you your own man
    Jolene, I know I'm a queen, Jolene
    I'm still a Creole banjee bitch from Louisiana (don't try me)

    There's a thousand girls in every room
    That act as desperate as you do
    You a bird, go on and sing your tune, Jolene (what?)
    I had to have this talk with you
    'Cause I hate to have to act a fool
    Your peace depends on how you move, Jolene

    Me and my man crossed those valleys
    Highs and lows and everything between
    Good deeds roll in like tumbling weeds
    I sleep good happy 'cause you can't dig up our planted seeds
    I know my man's gon' stand by me breathing in my gentle breeze (ah)

    I crossed those valleys
    Highs and lows and everything between
    Good deeds roll in like tumbling weeds
    Sleep good and happy 'cause you can't dig up them planted seeds
    Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
    I'ma stand by her, she gon' stand by me, Jolene

    I'ma stand by him, he gon' stand by me
    (I'ma stand by her, she gon' stand by me)
    I'ma stand by him, he gon' stand by me, Jolene Writer/s: Dolly Parton
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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  • Cm from FranceIt just seems so trivial.
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