Текст песни Jolene Must Speak - Deborah Stokol

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