Story Behind the Song
WE SAW A PICTURE OF JOLENE SUGARBAKER AT THE
STUDIO AND WROTE THIS SONG AS OUR FIRST
RECORDING...
Lyrics
J O L E N E” (She’s so mean)
(4 bars Bass Drum intro - VERSE ONE)
Oh, oh, oh - oh, oh, oh - oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
You can see her when she comes around - Real pretty for the noonday crowd
Whatever she takes, it’s gotta, make, her, day.
And she was always one to lay it down, damn proud to show her face around
Give her hell and you’ll be the first one on the ground, she’s mean, that Jolene.
I said she’s mean, but she’s such a scream.
(8 bar Music Break - VERSE TWO)
She got her hair from some bottle blond, downtown when a sale was on
She said’ “To look that good’ - you don’t need a fortune.
But then, baby, maybe you do.
She’ll be the first one TO BE CRUEL
She’ll teach you like you were back in school
Still breaking the Golden Rules, but I tell you she’s nobody’s fool.
And, - YOU-WON’T-LAST-LONG-WHEN-SHE-COMES-ON
She comes on real strong, she’s gonna put where you belong
When she’s standing out on your front lawn.
(SYNTH/HORN LEAD PART)
(CHORUS)
SUCH A MESS, A MAN IN A DRESS
AND PUT TO THE TEST, WHO WOULD GUESS?
THAT SHE’S SUCH A MESS, UNDER THAT DRESS
SHE MUST BE…HARD…HARD PRESSED.
(last verse)
She says she likes her men, to tell her - just when
But baby, you know even then, a girl just can’t depend.
She’s so mean, that Jolene.
(CHORUS REPEAT TWICE)
LYRICS BY SHALEE MOORE AND DARIN FLAME
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