Clare Bowditch - Old Jolene lyrics

rate me

I built a riverboat for you,

And called her Old Jolene for you.

And I sat in the bough of the boat and waited for a sign from you.

But the water said it could not find you.

You didn't come through.

Hah-hoe, hah-hoe-hoe, hah-hoe, hah-hoe.

Old Jolene, where could he be?

I built a waterfall for you,

And like a toad with a golden ball for you,

I sat in the bough of that boat and I waited for a sign from you.

And yet the water said it could not find you.

You didn't come through.

Hah-hoe, hah-hoe-hoe, hah-hoe-hoe, hah-oh

Old Jolene, where could he be?

Old Jolene, where is he?

Down a river made of dust and dew, Towards a country once rich and rare and blue,

I sat in the bough of that boat and scattered all of my parts from you.

Here comes my home, my heart and my crew.

So adieu to you.