Jolene (Pride Edition) by Leanne Yau

[casualbird]

A cover of Dolly Parton's lesbian anthem Jolene, sung by the incredibly talented Leanne Yau. Lyrics changed to make a gay song even gayer. Absolutely wonderful, but by some hideous twist of fate has fewer than 1,000 views on Youtube.

"THT Live: Leanne Yau, Jolene (Pride Edition)" (Watch on YouTube)

Lyrics:

Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
I'm begging of you, take me from my man
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
Oh, take me, just because you can

Your beauty is beyond compare
With flaming locks of auburn hair
With ivory skin and eyes of emerald green
Your smile is like a breath of spring
Your voice is soft like summer rain
And he cannot compete with you, Jolene

I think about you in my sleep
There's nothing I can do to keep
From crying out your name with him, Jolene
And I don't understand
That feeling when you take my hand
You don't know what you do to me, Jolene

Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
I'm begging of you, take me from my man
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
Oh, take me, just because you can

Oh, you could have your choice of men
But I could never love again
Oh, you're the only one for me, Jolene
I had to have this talk with you
My happiness depends on you
And whatever you decide to do, Jolene

Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
I'm begging of you, take me from my man
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
Oh, take me, just because you can

Comments

squee!

[oldtoadwoman]

!!! I'm totally re-linking this tomorrow, but I need to go to bed for real. (How are people that talented?! ALL THE SQUEE!!!)

Re: squee!

[casualbird]

um yes like what the hell? this lady is so cool and i'm doing my best to learn all these words because the original version just doesn't hold up to this??? wow.

[graveexcitement]

this is beautiful, and queer, and beautifully queer. love it!!

[obstinatecondolement]

Genuine chills