Cocaine flame in my bloodstream
Sold my coat when I hit Spokane
Bought myself a hard pack of cigarettes in the early
Morning rain
Lately my hands they don't feel like mine
My eyes been stung with dust and blind
Held you in my arms one time
Lost you just the same

[Chorus]
Jolene
I ain't about to go straight
It's too late
I found myself face down in a ditch
Booze in my hair
Blood in my lips
A picture of you holding a picture of me
In the pocket of my blue jeans
Still don't know what love means
Still don't know what love means
Jolene

Been so long since I seen your face
Or felt a part of this human race
I've been living out of this here suitcase for way too long
A man needs something he can hold onto
A nine pound hammer or a woman like you
Either one of them things will do

[Chorus]



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"Jolene" as written by Ray Lamontagne

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    General Comment:i think this song is about how this guy who dated a good woman & knew she was a good woman. he knew she could love him more than anyone but he didn't want to fully dedicate himself to her. so in the part where he says i aint about to go straight he means they could have a great life together but he may have been too let down in the past to let someone else in.
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    General Comment:They the deep springs of life. Sq
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