i had to have this talk with you
i hope you understand
i don't have any plans with you
i'm someone else's man

oh jolene
why can't you see
oh jolene
you cannot have me, jolene

it came as a surprise for you
that one could turn you down
there's nothing you could say or do
to turn it all around

oh jolene
why can't you see
oh jolene
you cannot have me

she'll go to war with you over me, oh jolene
it ain't no fight you could ever win, you shall see