Dolly Parton

I grew up poor and ragged just a simple country girl I wanted to be pretty more than anything in the world Like Barbie or the models in the Fredrick´s catalog From rags to wishes in my dreams I could have it all I'm just …

Back through the years I go wonderin' once again Back to the seasons of my youth I recall a box of rags that someone gave us And how my momma put the rags to use There were rags of many colors Every piece was small …

Packing my suitcase writing a tearstained goodbye note Staying so long to a love gone wrong and that's all she wrote Leaving behind what once was mine with sad re-gr-ets But it's all gone now and I'm leaving town on my heartbreak express Walking in …

(for original key in A) [] If I should stay I would only be in your way [] So I'll go but I know I'll think of you each step of the way [] And I will always love you [] I will always love …

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 emerald green. Your …

You packed in the morning I stared out the window And I struggled for something to say You left in the rain without closing the door I didn't stand in your way Now I miss you more than I missed you before And now where …

Love is like a butterfly as soft and gentle as a sigh The multicolored moods of love are like its satin wings Love makes your heart feel strange inside It flutters like soft wings in flight Love is like a butterfly a rare and gentle …

Sitting on the front porch on a summer afternoon In a straight back chair on two legs leaned against the wall Watch the kids all playing with June bugs on a string And chase the glowing fireflies as the evening shadows fall In my Tennessee …

New York City ain't no kind of place For a country girl with a friendly face If you smile people look at you funny they take it wrong The greenest state in the land of the free And the home of the Grand Ole Opry …