Jolene Must Speak
Who decides what's beauty
What's "foul and what is fair"
I did not ask to have jade eyes
Nor burnished, copper hair
They say my voice sounds gentle
Like the rains on balmy eves
And my smile is bright as blooms
On the days of early spring
Men, they sought to bed me
Ladies would not befriend me
Comparison's the thief of joy
And I must state, I am no ploy
Where I've gone, I've raised suspicion
So my gift could be a curse
My loveliness wrought loneliness
And my wounds, I did so nurse
No man can be taken
Who does not wish to go
My name's Jolene, and I've spoken
I'm your friend and not your foe
No man can be taken
Who does not wish to go
My name's Jolene, and I've spoken
I'm your friend and not your foe
I have my thoughts, my cares, so true
And why can't I enjoy
That I do look so pleasing
To their gazes and to my own
And what of my mind, heart, and soul
And what of who I am
My looks have made you think I'm meek
But I'm Jolene, and I must speak
No man can be taken
Who does not wish to go
My name's Jolene, and I've spoken
I'm your friend and not your foe
No man can be taken
Who does not wish to go
My name's Jolene, and I've spoken
I'm your friend and not your foe
They say Helen was the face
That launched a thousand ships
But that was just
A pretty, old excuse
For a bloodthirsty, old tyrant to wage a war
Slay his daughter, and what's more
We never got
To even out the score
I want nothing to do
With a husband who'd leave you
I just want to live this
Fine life of mine
Gonna lob their stones and call me "witch"
I am a solid gold-
Fish out of water
But Venus came from the water too
No man can be taken
Who does not wish to go
My name's Jolene, and I've spoken
I'm your friend and not your foe
No man can be taken
Who does not wish to go
My name's Jolene, and I've spoken
I'm your friend and not your foe
What's "foul and what is fair"
I did not ask to have jade eyes
Nor burnished, copper hair
They say my voice sounds gentle
Like the rains on balmy eves
And my smile is bright as blooms
On the days of early spring
Men, they sought to bed me
Ladies would not befriend me
Comparison's the thief of joy
And I must state, I am no ploy
Where I've gone, I've raised suspicion
So my gift could be a curse
My loveliness wrought loneliness
And my wounds, I did so nurse
No man can be taken
Who does not wish to go
My name's Jolene, and I've spoken
I'm your friend and not your foe
No man can be taken
Who does not wish to go
My name's Jolene, and I've spoken
I'm your friend and not your foe
I have my thoughts, my cares, so true
And why can't I enjoy
That I do look so pleasing
To their gazes and to my own
And what of my mind, heart, and soul
And what of who I am
My looks have made you think I'm meek
But I'm Jolene, and I must speak
No man can be taken
Who does not wish to go
My name's Jolene, and I've spoken
I'm your friend and not your foe
No man can be taken
Who does not wish to go
My name's Jolene, and I've spoken
I'm your friend and not your foe
They say Helen was the face
That launched a thousand ships
But that was just
A pretty, old excuse
For a bloodthirsty, old tyrant to wage a war
Slay his daughter, and what's more
We never got
To even out the score
I want nothing to do
With a husband who'd leave you
I just want to live this
Fine life of mine
Gonna lob their stones and call me "witch"
I am a solid gold-
Fish out of water
But Venus came from the water too
No man can be taken
Who does not wish to go
My name's Jolene, and I've spoken
I'm your friend and not your foe
No man can be taken
Who does not wish to go
My name's Jolene, and I've spoken
I'm your friend and not your foe
Credits
Writer(s): Deborah Stokol
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Other Album Tracks
- In a Time of Lockets, a Time of Lace
- The Weaver (As Above)
- Stay Mine, Keens the Sailor
- Song of the Selkie
- Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
- I had a Long Convalescence, and I Wore Pearls in my Ears
- When Seamus Went Digging (The Beloved, Side B)
- The Figurehead
- Lecha Dodi (Let us go, Beloved, to Greet the Sabbath Bride, the Shabbat Queen)
- Josephine March
Altri album
- Amongst the Birds and the Bonny Ivy - EP
- The Fisherman
- Beckonings - Orchestrated Version
- Beckonings - Solo Piano Version
- More for the Winsbury Collection
- The Golden Bough
- Preludes - EP
- Spring Morning
- The Lost Album: By Land And Sea, In Flight With Me / Thee
- The Far Field (Hiraeth, Saudade) [Nostos Algos, Part II]
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