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Artist: Dolly Parton
Suggested Track: Jolene

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Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
I'm beggin' of you, please don't take my man
(Jolene)
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
Please don't take him just because you can

Your beauty is beyond compare
With flaming locks of auburn hair
With ivory skin and eyes of emerald green
(Jolene)
Your smile is like a breath of spring
Your voice is soft like summer rain
And I cannot compete with you, Jolene (Jolene)

He talks about you in his sleep
And there's nothing I can do to keep from crying
When he calls your name, Jolene (Jolene)
And I can easily understand
How you could easily take my man
But you don't know what he means to me, Jolene (don't take him)

Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
I'm begging of you, please don't take my man
Oh, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
Oh, please don't take him just because you can (don't take him)

You could have your choice of men
But I could never love again
He's the only one for me, Jolene (he's the only one)
I had to have this talk with you
My happiness depends on you
Whatever you decide to do, Jolene

Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
I'm begging of you, please don't take my man
(Don't take him, don't take him, don't take him)
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
Please don't take him just because you can (just because you can)
Jolene, Jolene (please don't take him, please don't take him, Jolene)
Jolene

Jolene

He's the only one for me
Jolene
Jolene, Jolene
Jolene
Please don't take him just because you can
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Dolly Parton
Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, actress, author, and philanthropist, best known for her work in country music
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Dolly Parton lyrics - 866 song lyrics sorted by album, including "Jolene", "9 To 5", "Coat Of Many Colors".
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Dolly Parton – World On Fire
[Intro] / Oh-oh / [Chorus] / Liar, liar, the world's on fire / What you gonna do when it all burns down? / Fire, fire, burnin' higher / Still got time to turn it all around / [
Dolly Parton – I Will Always Love You
“I Will Always Love You” was released on March 11, 1974, as the second single from Dolly Parton’s thirteenth solo studio album, Jolene. Recorded on June 12, 1973, Parton wrote the
Dolly Parton – Coat of Many Colors
Dolly has described this song on numerous occasions as her favorite of the songs she has written. She composed the song in 1969, while traveling with Porter Wagoner on a tour bus.
Dolly Parton – Puppy Love
Puppy love, puppy love / They all call it puppy love / I'm old enough now to kiss and hug / And I like it, it's puppy love / Pullin' my pig tails makes me mad / When you kiss me
Mickey Avalon – Dolly Parton
[Intro] / Brick house built / Brick house built / Brick house built / Brick house built / [Verse 1] / Licks her lips from top to bottom / Brick house built like Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton – Responsibility
[Verse 1] / Now every Tom, Dick, Harry or Hank / Every Bettie, Suzy or Jane / Leslie, Ernest, Leslie, Frank / Everybody has to work / Everybody has a job to do / Like puttin' on
Dolly Parton (Ft. Mick Fleetwood, Paul McCartney, Peter Frampton & Ringo Starr) – Let It Be
[Verse 1: Dolly Parton, Dolly Parton & Paul McCartney] / When I find myself in times of trouble / Mother Mary comes to me / Speaking words of wisdom / Let it be / And in my hour of
Dolly Parton (Ft. Miley Cyrus) – Wrecking Ball
[Verse 1: Dolly Parton] / We clawed, we chained our hearts in vain / We jumped, never asking why / We kissed, I fell under your spell / A love no one could deny / [Pre-Chorus
Dolly Parton & Mavis Staples – Why
[Verse 1: Dolly Parton, Mavis Staples] / Oh oh / Hmm hmm / I often wonder what I'm doin' here / There must be a reason but it's not always clear / Why was I born, what's my purpose
Dolly Parton (Ft. Steve Perry) – Open Arms
[Verse 1: Dolly Parton] / Lying beside you / Here in the dark / Feeling your heartbeat with mine / Softly you whisper / You're so sincere / How could our love be so blind? / [Pre-
Dolly Parton (Ft. Linda Perry) – What’s Up?
[Intro: Dolly Parton] / Mhm, mm / Mm, mm / [Verse 1: Dolly Parton] / All of these years and my life is still / Just tryin' to get up that great big hill of hope / For a destination
Dolly Parton – Backwoods Barbie
From the 2008 album of the same name. According to a 2007 interview in The Sun, this song was for the 9 to 5 musical. Dolly says: “It’s actually one of the songs from the
Dolly Parton – Randy
[Verse 1] / Randy, in your eyes I see the promise of a future / The promise of a love like I have never known / Randy, cradled in your arms I feel like I'm in heaven / And heaven
Dolly Parton – Jolene
“Jolene” was released as a single in late 1973, in advance of her 1974 album of the same name. In addition to being a #1 country hit in both the U.S. and Canada, it became an
Dolly Parton – Go to Hell
[Verse 1] / Go to Hell, go to Hell, go back where you belong / Get thee behind me Satan, just leave me the Hell alone / Take your wars and your politics, your lust and your greed
Dolly Parton – The Sacrifice
[Verse 1] / Well, I've sacrificed time with family and friends / Gave up vacations for work without end / 24/7, 365 / But I was willing to make the sacrifice / [Verse 2] / But
SoMo – Dolly Parton
[Chorus] / When I grow up I wanna be like Dolly Parton / Hand out books to the ones they left forgotten / Love for life, no this ain't just talkin' / I still look to God when I'm
Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris – Wildflowers
The hills were alive with wildflowers / And I was as wild, even wilder than they / For at least I could run, they just died in the sun / And I refused to just wither in place
Bebe Rexha & Dolly Parton – Seasons
[Intro] / One, two, three / [Chorus: Bebe Rexha] / I lie awake inside a dream / And I run, run, run away from me / The seasons change right under my feet / I'm still the same, same
Dolly Parton – 5 to 9
[Verse 1] / Well, I tumble outta bed and stumble to the kitchen / Pour myself a cup of ambition / Yawn and stretch and try to come to life / Jump in the shower and the blood starts
Dolly Parton (Ft. Michael McDonald) – Bittersweet
[Intro: Dolly Parton] / Ah / [Verse 1: Dolly Parton] / Is it time to say hello or say goodbye? / Couldn't count the countless times that we have tried / Do we try to try again or
Galantis & Dolly Parton (Ft. Mr. Probz) – Faith
[Verse 1: Mr. Probz] / Know the road gets hard / And you just wanna leave / I ain't ever too far / Just have a little faith in me / I know how to fix you, yeah / Oh-oh, you can
Dolly Parton – Nickels and Dimes
[Verse 1] / I used to stand on the corner when I was a child / And I'd play my guitar and sing as the people went by / The sidewalks were crowded / But I'd just sing louder because
Dolly Parton – Traveling Man
[Verse 1] / The man I loved ran a salesman route / Selling goods from house to house / Now I knew my mama would never stand / For me stepping out with no traveling man / Mama
Dolly Parton (Ft. Rob Halford) – Bygones
[Verse 1: Dolly Parton, Rob Halford] / Can you forgive me? / It's true I made mistakes, but so have you / It's just so unfair / The way you hurt me / Cut so deep, I don't think I
Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton – Real Love
They say that it's a matter of trusting / Before love has a chance to begi-in / And it's never simple / Faithless hearts can cripple / And only a strong love survi-ives / I know
Dolly Parton (Ft. Ann Wilson) – Magic Man (Carl Version)
[Verse 1: Dolly Parton] / Cold late night so long ago / When I was not so strong, you know / A pretty man came to me / I'd never seen eyes so blue / You know, I could not run away
Dolly Parton – The Entertainer
[Verse 1] / I am the entertainer / And I know just where I stand / Another serenader / And another long-haired band / Today, I am your champion / I may have won your hearts / But I
Lainey Wilson & Dolly Parton – Mama He’s Crazy
[Verse 1: Lainey Wilson] / Mama, I found someone / Like you said would come along / He's a sight and so unlike / Any man I've known / I was afraid to let him in / 'Cause I'm not
Dolly Parton (Ft. Chris Stapleton) – Night Moves
[Intro: Dolly Parton] / Mm-mm-mm / Yeah / Mm-mm-mm / [Verse 1: Dolly Parton & (Chris Stapleton)] / I was a little too small, could've used a few pounds / Tight skirts, points
Dolly Parton – I'm Sixteen
I'm sixteen burstin' at the seams / I'm back in my teens / Caution to the wind, yeah / You love me and what could be / More rejuvenating, I am young again / I'm sixteen, I'm
Dolly Parton (Ft. Debbie Harry) – Heart of Glass
[Verse 1] / Once I had a love and it was a gas / Soon turned out had a heart of glass / Seemed like the real thing, only to find / Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind / [Verse 2
Dolly Parton – I Still Miss Someone
[Verse] / At my door, the leaves are falling / A cold wild wind will come / Sweethearts walked by together / And I still miss someone / I go out to a party / And look for a little
Dolly Parton – We Are The Champions / We Will Rock You
[Verse 1] / I've paid my dues, time after time / I've done my sentence but committed no crime / And bad mistakes, I've made a few / I've had my share of sand kicked in my face
Dolly Parton (Ft. Sting) – Every Breath You Take
[Intro: Dolly Parton] / Mm-mhm / Mm / [Chorus: Dolly Parton, Dolly Parton & Sting] / Every breath you take, every move you make / Every bond you break, every step you take / I'll
Dolly Parton – Try
Parton wrote the first four lines in a 1967 poem for Porter Wagoner entitled “A Man Like You” as a Christmas gift in 1967. The poem is on display in her Chasing Rainbows Museum at
Zach Williams & Dolly Parton – There Was Jesus
[Verse 1: Zach Williams, Zach Williams & Dolly Parton] / Every time I tried to make it on my own / Every time I tried to stand and start to fall / And all those lonely roads that I
Dolly Parton – Touch Your Woman
[Intro] / Mmm / [Verse 1] / We can't always both be right, we sometimes disagree / But you've got the right to speak your mind and it's the same with me / When the anger's at an
Dolly Parton – High and Mighty
[Intro] / He is high and mighty / He is high and mighty / He is there and ever waiting / Reaching out to you and me / [Chorus] / He is high and mighty / Oh, mighty is His power
Dolly Parton – There
There is a place where the sun's always glowing / Take me there, won't you take me there? / Meadows grow green near the streams gently flowing / Take me there, won't you take me
Dolly Parton (Ft. Kid Rock) – Either Or
[Verse] / You said you loved me, couldn't bear to live without me / Yeah, baby, that's true / I never gave you a cause to doubt me / Always knew I could depend on you / [Pre-Chorus
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Jolene by Dolly Parton
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Rockstar by Dolly Parton
Rock Star is singer-songwriter Dolly Parton’s upcoming forty-eighth studio album, set for release on November 17, 2023. The album is set to feature several covers of rock songs
Hello, I’m Dolly by Dolly Parton
Hello, I’m Dolly is the debut studio album by American country singer-songwriter Dolly Parton, released on September 18, 1967, via Monument Records. A total of two singles were
Trio II by Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris
Trio II is the second and final collaborative album by country sensations Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, and Emmylou Harris. It was released 12 years after the original Trio
The Very Best of Dolly Parton by Dolly Parton
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Trio by Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris
Trio is the debut collaborative album by country sensations Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, and Emmylou Harris. The group’s debut single and first single from the album, To Know Him
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