Your beauty is beyond compare
With flaming locks of auburn hair
With ivory skin and eyes of emerald greenYour smile is like a breath of spring
Your voice is soft like summer rain
And I just can't compete with you, JoleneHe talks about you in his sleep
And there's nothin' I can do to keep
From cryin' when he calls your name, JoleneAnd I can easily understand
How you could easily take my man
But you don't know what he means to me, JoleneJolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
I'm beggin' of you, don't take my man
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
Please don't take him even though you canHe talks about you in his sleep
And there's nothin' I can do to keep
From cryin' when he calls your name, JoleneAnd I can easily understand
How you could easily take my man
But you don't know what he means to me, JoleneJolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
I'm beggin' of you, don't take my man
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
Please don't take him just because you canJolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene