By Kevin Meredith (lomokev), 2008
“Whiskey Lullaby”
She put him out like the burnin’ end of a midnight cigarette. She broke his heart he spent his whole life tryin’ to forget. We watched him drink his pain away a little at a time but he never could get drunk enough to get her off his mind. Until the night
He put that bottle to his head and pulled the trigger and finally drank away her memory. Life is short but this time it was bigger than the strength he had to get up off his knees. We found him with his face down in the pillow with a note that said I’ll love her till I die. And when we buried him beneath the willow the angels sang a whiskey lullaby.
The rumors flew but nobody knew how much she blamed herself. For years and years she tried to hide the whiskey on her breath. She finally drank her pain away a little at a time but she never could get drunk enough to get him off her mind. Until the night
She put that bottle to her head and pulled the trigger and finally drank away his memory. Life is short but this time it was bigger than the strength she had to get up off her knees. We found her with her face down in the pillow clinging to his picture for dear life. We laid her next to him beneath the willow while the angels sang a whiskey lullaby.
Jolene Jolene Jolene Jolene
I’m begging of you please don’t take my man
Jolene Jolene Jolene Jolene
Please don’t take him just because you can
Your beauty is beyond compare with flaming locks of auburn hair
With Ivory skin and eyes of em’rald green
Your smile is like a breath of spring your voice is soft like summer rain
And I cannot compete with you Jolene
He talks about you in his sleep and there’s nothing I can do to keep
From crying when he calls your name Jolene
But I can easily understand how you could easily take my man
But you don’t know what he means to me Jolene
Jolene Jolene Jolene Jolene
I’m begging of you please don’t take my man
Jolene Jolene Jolene Jolene
Please don’t take him just because you can
You could 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
Jolene Jolene Jolene Jolene
I’m begging of you please don’t take my man
Jolene Jolene Jolene Jolene
Please don’t take him even though you can
