Jolene (Dolly Parton cover) Lyrics

Lyric discussion by mmcdonald 

Cover art for Jolene (Dolly Parton cover) lyrics by White Stripes, The

I put a comment in a reply to a lover on the Dolly Parton Songmeanings, but that does not even belong there. The Stripes version made me cry, as it does Jack. I suppose I needed it. The superiority of Rock blues to country is obvious.

The anguish is clear in the last line, because of course if Joline can take him, he's gone already, and her love is true, so maybe she cannot ever love again.