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Dolly Rebecca Parton

January 19, 1946Sevierville, TN

Dolly Parton married Carl Dean, May 1966

13 years old

It’s Sure Gonna Hurt (1962)written by Dolly Parton andBill Owens (her uncle) It may not kill me, but it's sure gonna hurt

Since my baby left me, I don't know what to do Just couldn't believe my eyes,when I saw him with you

He left me for you, oh he's treating me like dirt It may not kill me, but it's sure gonna hurt

Chorus:It's sure gonna hurt to lose you My poor heart's in pain Don't see how you could abuse me It's driving me insane

Oh you're both out paintin' the town red,well I'm paintin' it too But I'm not paintin' the town red, I'm paintin' it blue It hurts to lose everything to such a little flirt It may not kill me, but it's sure gonna hurt

Dumb Blonde (1967)Don't try to cry your way out of this Don't try to lie or I'll catch you in it Don't try to make me feel sorry for you Just because I'm blonde Don't think I'm dumb Cause this dumb blonde ain't nobody's fool When you left you thought I'd sit An' you thought I'd wait An' you thought I'd cry You called me a dumb blonde Ah, but somehow I lived through it And you know if there's one thingthis blonde has learned Blondes have more fun You flew too high up off the ground It's stormy wheater an' had to come back down But I've found new thread for my old spool Just because I'm blonde Don't think I'm dumb Cause this dumb blonde ain't nobody's fool

The Porter Wagoner Show

I can see you're disappointed By the way you look at me And I'm sorry that I'm not The woman you thought I'd be

Yes, I've made my mistakes But listen and understand My mistakes are no worse than yours Just because I'm a woman

So when you look at me Don't feel sorry for yourself Just think of all the shame You might have brought somebody else

Just let me tell you this Then we'll both know where we stand My mistakes are no worse than yours Just because I'm a woman

1968

Now a man will take a good girl And he'll ruin her reputation But when he wants to marry Well, that's a different situation

He'll just walk off and leave her To do the best she can While he looks for an angel To wear his wedding band

Now I know that I'm no angel If that's what you thought you'd found I was just the victum of A man that let me down

Yes, I've made my mistakes But listen and understand My mistakes are no worse than yours Just because I'm a woman

1971

Back through the years I go wanderin' 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 And I didn't have a coat And it was way down in the fall Momma sewed the rags together Sewing' every piece with love

She made my coat of many colors That I was so proud of As she sewed, she told a story From the bible, she had read About a coat of many colors Joseph wore and then she said Perhaps this coat will bring you Good luck and happiness And I just couldn't wait to wear it And momma blessed it with a kiss

My coat of many colors That my momma made for me Made only from rags But I wore it so proudly Although we had no money I was rich as I could be In my coat of many colors My momma made for me

So with patches on my britches Holes in both my shoes In my coat of many colors I hurried off to school Just to find the others laughing And making fun of me In my coat of many colors My momma made for me

And oh I couldn't understand it For I felt I was rich And I told them of the love My momma sewed in every stitch And I told 'em all the story Momma told me while she sewed And how my coat of many colors Was worth more than all their clothes

But they didn't understand it And I tried to make them see That one is only poor Only if they choose to be Now I know we had no money But I was rich as I could be In my coat of many colors My momma made for me Made just for me

from the album, “Jolene” (1974)

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 you

Bittersweet memories That's all I am taking with me Good-bye, please don't cry We both know that I'm not what you need

I hope life will treat you kind And I hope that you have all That you ever dreamed of And I wish you joy and happiness But above all of this, I wish you love

And I will always love you

Here You Come Again1977

Here you come again Just when I'm about to make it work without you You look into my eyes And light those dreamy eyes And pretty soon I'm wonderin' How I came to doubt you

All you gotta do Is smile that smile And there go all my defenses Just leave it up to you And in a little while You're messin' up my mind An' fillin' up my senses

Here you come again Lookin' better than a body Has a right to An' shakin' me up so That all I really know Is here you come again An' here I go

Here you come again Just when I'm about to make it work without you You waltz right in the door Just like you done before And wrap my heart 'round your little finger

To Know Him Is To Love Him1987

To know know know him Is to love love love him Just to see him smile Makes my life worthwhile To know know know him Is to love love love him And I do

I'll be good to him I'll bring love to him Everyone says there'll come a day When I'll walk alongside of him Yes just to know him Is to love love love him And I do

Why can't he see How blind can he be Someday he will see That he was meant for me

As I sit here tonight the jukebox playing A tune about the wild side of life As I listen to the words you are saying It brings mem'ries when I was a trusting wife

It wasn't God who made honky tonk angels As you said in the words of your song Too many times married men think they're still single That has caused many a good girl to go wrong

It's a shame that all the blame is on us women It's not true that only you men feel the same From the start most every heart that's ever broken Was because there always was a man to blame

1993

Well I met a boy from Grassy Branch Fine as he can be I met him at the big barn dance And he took a shine to me Sky-blue eyes, a big wide smile And tall as a sycamore tree He's real smart with a real big heart And he's gonna marry me

He's gonna marry me And we're gonna go to town We're gonna buy some real good car And we're gonna drive around We'll hold hands an' touch 'n' hug He talks so sweet to me Cause he knows a lot about love and stuff And he's gonna marry me

2001

His momma don't like me one little bit But you know I don't care Let her pitch her hissy-fit Cause I ain't a'marryin' her He's always been a momma's boy It's just plain jealousy She's as mad as an old wet hen Cause he's gonna marry me

Oh, an' he's gonna marry me An' he's gonna buy me a ring We're gonna be so free Cut momma's apron strings He's gonna build me a pretty little house Have a pretty little bed-for-three Cause he done kiss me on the mouth An' he's gonna marry me

Pigeon Forge, TN

Kennedy Center Honors, 2006

Now we don't know what heaven looks like But we've seen enough hell right here and right now But when the road is the roughest And the problems are the toughest Or when the times are the hardest And that ol' sky turns the darkest You gotta keep the faith 'cause I believe there's a better day And those ol' blues, why they're gonna just roll right on away I know they are, listen to me...

All that's blue ain't sky and sea Some of that blue's bound to get on me But the blues don't come to stay They'll move away on a better day

Troubles and woes and misery Ain't gonna get the best of me Lift the shades, fix my gaze On a better day clear away

Better days just up ahead When sorrow ain't sleepin' in my bed When people ain't messin' with my head There's a better way, there's a brighter day Oh, there's a better day with clearer skies Hope and promise on the rise Oh, the future, well, it's lookin' bright, on a better day Look away, look away

There's a better day Oh better day just up ahead When sorrow ain't sleepin' in my bed And people ain't messin' with my head There's a better day, there's a better day Oh, all that's blue, it ain't sky and sea Some of that blue's gonna fall on me Oh, the future's lookin' bright There's a better day, look away, look away

Dolly Parton,from the mountains of Eastern Tennessee.

The Queen of Country Music

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