Eldritch - Jolene

Intro (x4) 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 verse 1 Her beauty is beyond compare With flaming locks of auburn hair With ivory skin and eyes of emerald green The closer that you get to her The more those edges seem to blur To something you can only call Jolene Her voice is soft like siren song But when she smiles, there’s something wrong God can’t protect us from the dread Jolene Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, I beg you, children, don’t disturb her sleep Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, You’re safe while she slumbers in the deep verse 2 We cower here beneath the gaze That sets the earth and sky ablaze Have mercy at the end of days, Jolene Our sleep disturbed by growling breath Eyes closed against the threat of death That lies behind the maw of that Jolene Her teeth are wide, her mouth agape Her claws rend flesh, there’s no escape From judgement of the Eldritch One, Jolene Blackening the summer skies With burning wings and countless eyes We tremble at the thought of you Jolene Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, I beg you, children, don’t disturb her sleep Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, You’re safe while she slumbers in the deep verse 3 Some foolish souls tried to defend But their broken minds 'd no time to mend They fell at the mere sight of you, Jolene Before her wrath no foe could stand Their corpses piled upon the sand The blood of gods is on her hands: Jolene And as the massacre began I saw how easily you took my man But you don’t know what he meant to me, Jolene He screamed about you in his sleep And when he woke did naught but weep In terror of the one he called Jolene And in the end, his poor heart caved I had to dig another grave Inside the growing family plot, Jolene Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, I beg you, children, don’t disturb her sleep Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, You’re safe while she slumbers in the deep verse 4 You could’ve had your choice in men But I will never love again And his demise is why I’m here Jolene Bliss withers from your awful truth Gone is the ignorance of youth The unrelenting mark of you, Jolene I’ve seen beyond your auburn hair My eyes have met your vacant stare And I’ve been told I’m hard to scare, Jolene Outro Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, I’ve read the books, I’ve found your weakest spot Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Before you wake, you’ll be dead and left to rot Your head will mark my family plot, Jolene