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(dolly parton)

Chorus:
Jolene, jolene
Jolene, jolene
I'm beggin' of you
Please don't take my man
Jolene, jolene
Jolene, jolene
Please don't take him
Even though you can

Your beauty is beyond compare
With flaming locks of auburn hair
With ivory skin
And eyes of emerald green
He talks about you in his sleep
There's nothing i can do to keep from cryin'
When he calls your name jolene

Repeat chorus

Well you can have your choice of men
But i could never love again
He's the only one for me jolene
I had to have this talk with you
My happiness depends on you
And whatever you decide to do jolene

Repeat chorus

Jolene
Jolene
Jolene

Ya know i've met dolly parton,
And i'm glad to say that we're pretty good friends.
I've met loretta lynn and tammy wynette, brenda lee.
A lot of people who have influenced me.
Other folks like merle haggard george jones and
Ray price. it really upsets me cause i didn't get to meet a lot of the
People who did influence me, like i never got to meet bob wills
And i never got to meet this next lady i'm gonna tell you about.
The only way i can tell you about her now,
Is the way i learned about her the best is through her songs.

(troy seals, eddie setser)

Well you say you're from the city
Chicago is your home
Hey i'm a country girl
Over oklahoma way
Oh there are miles and miles between us
But that don't mean a thing
When those guitars start to play

Oh sweet sounds of freedom
Ringing through the air
Sending out a message to us all
We don't have a curtain
Made of iron or stone
We are not divided by a wall

Chorus:
So come on tell me
Hey, hey, hey
From l.a. to broadway
Hey, hey, hey
Let the music lift you up
Hey, hey, hey,
Whoa everybody's singin'
Hey, hey, hey,
Let the music lift you up

When you're feelin' low
Hit that radio
Let the music lift you
Let the music lift you
Up, way up, way up

There are books that tell us
What makes this whole world turn
And how heaven holds the star wars
But there's no explanation
Lord it's still a mystery
How a song can touch your heart

Repeat chorus

Let the music lift you
Let the music lift you
Up, way up, way up

(w. nelson, p. buskirk, w. breeland)

When the evenin'
Sun goes down
You can find me
Hangin' around
Oh the night life
Ain't no good life
But it's my life

Many people
Just like me
Dreaming of
Old used to be's
Oh the night life
It ain't no good life
But it's my life

Oh listen to the blues they're playin'
Oh listen to what the blues are sayin'

Mine is just
Another scheme
In a world
Of broken dreams
Oh the night life
It ain't no good life
But it's my life

(play me some blues boys)

Oh listen to the blues they're playin'
Oh listen to what the blues are sayin'

When the evenin'
Sun goes down
You can find me
Hangin' around
Oh the night life
It ain't no good life
But it's my life

The night life
Ain't no good life
But it's my life

Oh i love that song. you know i told you about the men
Who have influenced me in my music.
Well now i want to tell you about the women.
And there's lots of them.
But this first one i wanna tell you about,
I admired her for a long time .
First of all, it was because of her songwriting.
I liked the way she always told a story in her songs.
And then in her singing.
I always loved to listen to her sing.
She had a different style, a different quality about it.
She's so witty, so personable and you know
No matter whether it's her singing,
Her songwriting, or her acting,
I'll always be a big fan of dolly parton!

(dave loggins, lisa silver, don schlitz)

I would have waited forever
If i'd known that you'd be here
We could have shared our lives together
And held each other close all through the years
But i've met someone before you
And my heart just couldn't wait
So no matter how much i adore you
I've got to stand behind the promise that i made

Chorus:
Where were you
When i could have loved you
Where were you
When i gave my heart away
All my life i've been dreaming of you
You came along one promise too late
You came along one promise too late

I won't say that i'm sorry that i met you
I can't have you but i never will forget you

Repeat chorus x2

(s. alan taylor, lisa palas)

Yeah, yeah, yeah hmmm hmm
You know it seems like i've loved you forever.
Who could be closer than you and i.
People even say we're so much alike,
But they don't know why i've been loving
You so long that i know every move you make
,every breath you take.
Lord i feel it so strong.
Sometimes i don't know where i end,
And where you begin.
Oh you make me so happy,
Feeling like this there's so much ahead
That i don't want to miss oh i want
To keep it so good
So, so, so long so fine, so
Real, so right, oh i want to keep it so good
So, so, so, long eh, yeah.

Yeah mmmm mmm oh darling don't think for a minute
Time could ever steal the thrill away.
You've still got the power to be
My man and you know you can i've been loving you so
Long.

Repeat chorus

(bob wills)

Oh you and all your splendor
It knows only me heart
Call back my rose
Rose of san antone
Oh lips so sweet and tender
Just like petals fallin' apart
Speak once again of my love
My ol' broken songs
Empty words i know
Still live in my heart all alone
For that moonlit path
Oh beside the alamo
And rose my rose of san antone
Oh my rose my rose of san antone

Take a bow boys!

You know a lot of people ask me all the time,
Who were my musical influences.
Well i guess it's just kinda natural,
Since i was raised in oklahoma,
That one of my musical influences was bob wills music.
When i was in college we used to
Sneak down to the oklahoma and texas border and go to dances.
And it didn't get any better than dancing to bob wills music.
But you know there was another guy from oklahoma.
I had every album he ever put out.
My older brother
Pake and my little sister susie and me, we sang every song he did
Cause merle haggard was a great influence on all of us.

(gary nicholson, wendy waldman)

I can't say i didn't know what i was doin'
I can't pretend things just got outta hand
I shoulda kept my distance
While i was still strong
But i got caught up in the feelin'
Carried along and it's
Too late baby
I can't stop now

Well i walked right in with my eyes wide open (i did)
And i was blind when you told me
You'd be mine just as soon as you were free
I should have kept my distance
While i was still strong
But i got caught up in the feelin'
Carried along and it's
Too late baby
I can't stop now

Can't stop now
Crazy heart's runnin' outta control
Can't stop now
And i'll be falling apart somewhere down the road
I might be headed for a breakdown
But i can't stop now

Glen!

(kendal franceschi/quentin powers)

You spend an awful lot of time in massachutes
Seems like every other week you've got a meeting waiting there
Business must be booming or could something else
Be moving in the air up there

You say that its important for our future
An executive on his way up has got to play the part
Each time duty calls you got to give it all
You've got with all your heart

When whoever's in new england is through with you
And boston finds better things to do
You know its not too late 'cause you'll always have a place to go
When whoever's in new englands through with you

I hear the winter time up north can last forever
Ive been told its beautiful to see this time of year
They say the snow can blind you till the world you left behind
Just disappears i hear

I packed your bags and left them in the hallway
But before you leave again theres just one thing you outta know
When the icy winds blow through you remember that its me
Who feels the cold most of all

When whoever's in new england is through with you
And boston finds better things to do
You know its not too late 'cause you'll always have a place to go
When whoever's in new englands through with you

(steve bogard, rick giles, sheila
Stephen)

You sure know what you're doing holding me this way.
And i'll go where you lead me
Anywhere you say.
You've got me where you want me.
So darling please be kind.
Before you take it all, and i
Make that final fall.

You've got to keep in mind i'm
A new fool at an old game.
A kid out of school, trying to find my way.
But i don't know the rules, teach me how to play.
I'm just a new fool at an old game.

Maybe i'm a dreamer, or maybe i'm naive.
But when you say you love me i start to believe
That coal can turn to diamonds.
And this night will never end.
But if it isn't so, and i cry when you go.

You've got to understand that
I'm a new fool at an old game.
A kid out of school, trying to find my way.
But i don't know the rules, teach me how to play.
I'm just a new fool at an old game

(don schlitz, reba mcentire)

Tell me why do you put up with my foolish ways
You never take to heart the crazy things i say
Oh i know you could walk out on me any day
There must be a darn good reason why you'd even want to stay

Chorus:
You must really love me
How can it be true
There are things you'll take from me
I won't even take from you
Everytime i fall apart
You always pull me through
You must really love me
As much as i love you
You must really love me
As much as i love you

I appreciate the honesty you've shown to me
And the way you tell your friends that you belong to me
And when you hold me tight it always sets me free
Oh this must be the way that true love was meant to be

Repeat chorus (and lord i'm glad you do)