Greatest Hits

Dolly Parton Greatest Hits Lyrics
1.9 To 5

Tumble outta bed
And stumble to the kitchen
Pour myself a cup of ambition
Yawnin', stretchin', try to come to life
Jump in the shower
And the blood starts pumpin'
Out on the streets
The traffic starts jumpin'
And folks like me on the job from 9 to 5
Chorus:

Workin' 9 to 5
What a way to make a livin'
Barely gettin' by
It's all takin'
And no givin'
They just use your mind
And they never give you credit
It's enough to drive you
Crazy if you let it

9 to 5, for service and devotion
You would think that i
Would deserve a fair promotion
Want to move ahead
But the boss won't seem to let me in
I swear sometimes that man is out to get me
Mmmmm...

They let your dream
Just a' watch 'em shatter
You're just a step
On the boss man's a' ladder
But you got dream he'll never take away

On the same boat
With a lot of your friends
Waitin' for the day
Your ship'll come in
And the tide's gonna turn
An' it's all gonna roll you away

2nd chorus:

Workin' 9 to 5
What a way to make a livin'
Barely gettin' by
It's all takin'
And no givin'
They just use your mind
And you never get the credit
It's enough to drive you
Crazy if you let it

9 to 5, yeah, they got you where they want you
There's a better life
And you think that i would daunt you
It's a rich man's game
No matter what they call it
And you spend your life
Going funny if you want it

3rd chorus:

Workin' 9 to 5
What a way to make a livin'
Barely gettin' by
It's all takin'
And no givin'
They just use you mind
And they never give you credit
It's enough to drive you
Crazy if you let it

Fade:

9 to 5, yeah, they got you where they want you
There's a better life
And you dream that i would daunt you
It's a rich man's game
No matter what they call it
And you spend your life
Going funny if you want it


2.Appalachian Memories

You oughta go north somebody told us
ause the air is filled with gold dust
And fortune falls like snow flakes in your hands
Now i don recall you said it
But we lived so long on credit
And so we headed out to find our promised land
Just poor appalachian farm folk
With nothing more than high hopes
We hitched our station wagon to a star
But our dreams all fell in on us
'cause there was no land of promise
And it a stuggle keepin?sight of who you are

Oh and these northern nights are dreary
And my southern heart is weary
I wonder how the old folks are back home
But i l keep leanin?on sweet jesus
I know he l love and guide and lead us
Appalachian memories keep me strong

Ya know i e been thinkin?a whole lot lately
About what been and what awaits me
It takes all i e got to give what life demands
You go insane if you give in to it
Life a mill and i e been through it
I just thankful i creative with my hands

Oh and these northern nights are dreary
And my southern eyes are teary
Don i wonder how the old folks are back home
But i l keep leanin?on my jesus
I know he l love and guide and lead us
Appalachian memories keep me strong

I l keep lookin?to the father
Keep our heads above the water
Appalachian memories keep me strong


3.Baby I'm Burning

You look at me that way
I know what your eyes say
Your eyes reflect love and desire
I see that you need me
I need you to please me
You touch me and set me on fire
It's the way that you love me
The way that you touch me
The way that you whisper my name
I cannot resist you
Each time i kiss you
Then everything goes up in flames
Chorus:

Baby i'm burning out of control
Baby i'm burning body and soul
Hot as a pistol of flaming desire
Baby i'm burning
You got me on fire

I'm on fire

This red hot emotion
Puts fireworks in motion
It looks like the fourth of july
There's no use in fighting
The fire you've ignited
Just stand back and watch the sparks fly

Repeat chorus

Baby i'm burning
Baby i'm burning
Baby i'm burning
Baby i'm burning

Repeat chorus

Fade:

Repeat chorus twice


4.But You Know I Love You

When the mornin' sun
Streaks across my room
And i'm wakin' up
From another dream of you
Yes, you know i'm on the road
Once again it seems
All that's left behind
Is a chain of broken dreams
But you know that i love you
You know that i love you
Oh, i love you
And how i wish that love
Was all we'd need to live
What a life we'd have
'cause i've got so much to give
But ya' know i feel so sad
Down inside my heart
That the dollar sign
Should be keepin' us apart
But you know that i love you
You know that i love you
Oh, how i love you
And if only i could find my way back to the time
When the problems of this life
Had not yet crossed my mind
And the answers could be found in children's nursery rhymes
I'd come runnin' back to you
I'd come runnin' back to you
Mmmmm

But you know we can't
Live on dreams alone
Got to pay the rent
So i must leave you all alone
'cause you know i made my choice many years ago
And now this travelin' life
Well, it's the only life i know
But you know that i love you
You know that i love you
Oh, i love you
But you know that i love you
You know that i love you
Oh, how i love you
But you know that i love you
You know that i love you
Oh, how i love you

Fade:

But you know i love you
But you know i love you
Oh, i love you
But you know that i love you
But you know that i love you
Oh, how i love you
But you know that i love you
But you know that i love you
Oh, how i love you


5.Coat Of Many Colors

Back through the years
I go wonderin' 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
Sewin' 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
Chorus:

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


6.Do I Ever Cross Your Mind

Oh, sometimes i go walking through fields where we walked
Long ago in the sweet used to be
And the flowers still grow, but they don't smell as sweet
As they did when you picked them for me
Chorus:

And when i think of you and the love we once knew
How i wish we could go back in time
Do you ever think back on old memories like that
Or do i ever cross your mind

Do you ever wake up lonely in the middle of the night
Because you miss me, do you darling
Oh, and do your memories ever take
You back into another place in time
And do you ever miss the feelings
And the love we shared when you were with me, tell me darling
Or do i ever cross your mind

Oh, how often i wish that again i could kiss
Your sweet lips like i did long ago
And how often i long for those two loving arms
That once held me so gentle and close

Repeat chorus


7.God Won't Get You

Sometimes in my sleep i hold you close against my skin
Wakin?up i wish that i could sleep and dream again
ause only in my dreams can i know how it might have been
But cheaters never win, their heartaches never end
But sometimes i get crazy as lovers often do
Trying to please him and wondering if she pleasin?you
Though they have ever right to any part of us they choose
I still live just for you and our secret rendezvous

Chorus:

Torn between two lovers on the jukebox
I thinkin?how i could have wrote that song
Wonderin?if god loves us when we e cheatin?
Oh, but why he lets us feel things if it wrong
And i guess i should be gingin?'rock of ages'
'amazing grace' and some of those good songs
But my cheatin?heart will tell on me tomorrow
If you think that god won get you, well you e wrong

Thou shalt not commit, it written in the ten
The spirit always willin? but the flesh is weak again
And you e as close to heaven as i might ever fly
And angel in disguise
A wrong that feels so right

Chorus:

Torn between two lovers just keeps playing
I don want to be right if lovin?you is wrong
I wonderin?if god loves us when we e cheatin?
Oh, but why we have to feel things if it so wrong
I guess i should be singin?'rock of ages'
'amazing grace' and some of those good songs
But my cheatin?heart will tell on me tomorrow
If you think that god won get you, well you e wrong

My cheatin?heart will tell on me tomorrow
If you think that god won get you, well you e wrong


8.Here You Come Again

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
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

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

Fade:

Here i go
An' here i go
An' here i go
Here you come again
An' here i go
Here i go
An' here i go


9.It's All Wrong, But It's All Right

Hello, are you free tonight
I like your looks, i love your smile
Could i use you for a while
It's all wrong, but it's all right
The amber sunset glow has died
My needs are very much alive
Is it ok if i stop by
It's all wrong, but it's all right
1st chorus:

It's all wrong, but it's all right
Just close your eyes and hold me tight
Tell me sexy lovin' lines
It's all wrong, but it's all right

It may be wrong if we make love
But i just need someone so much
And who knows it might last for life
It's all wrong, but it's all right

Repeat 1st chorus

2nd chorus:

It's all wrong, but it's all right
Just close your eyes and fantasize
Tell me sexy lovin' lines
It's all wrong, but it's all right

Fade:

Repeat 1st and 2nd chorus


10.I Will Always Love You

If i should stay
Well, i would only be in your way
And so i'll go, and yet i know
That i'll think of you each step of my way
And i will always love you
I will always love you
Bitter-sweet memories
That's all i have, and all i'm taking with me
Good-bye, oh, please don't cry
'cause we both know that i'm not
What you need
I will always love you
I will always love you
And i hope life, will treat you kind
And i hope that you have all
That you ever dreamed of
Oh, i do wish you joy
And i wish you happiness
But above all this
I wish you love
I love you, i will always love

I, i will always, always love you
I will always love you
I will always love you
I will always love you


11.Jolene

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
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 i cannot compete with you, jolene

He talks about you in his sleep
There's nothing i can do to keep
From crying when he calls your name, jolene

And i can easily understand
How you could easily take my man
But you don't know what he means to me, jolene

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

You could have your choice of men
But i could never love again
He's 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 please don't take my man
Jolene, jolene, jolene, jolene
Please don't take him even though you can
Jolene, jolene


12.Old Flames Can't Hold A Candle To You

Downtown tonight, i saw an old friend, someone who
I use to take comfort from long before i met you
I caught a spark from his eyes of forgotten desire
With a word, or a touch, i could have rekindled that fire
Old flames can't hold a candle to you
No one can light up the night like you do
Flickering embers of love
I've known one or two
But old flames can't hold a candle to you

Sometimes at night, i think of old lovers i've known
I remember how holding them helped me not feel so alone
Then i feel you beside me and even their memories are gone
Like stars in the night lost in the sweet light of dawn

Old flames can't hold a candle to you
No one can light up the night like you do
Flickering embers of love
I've known one or two
But old flames can't hold a candle to you
Old flames can't hold a candle to you
Mmmm...


13.Potential New Boyfriend

Got my eye on a boy
He's eyeing me back
It's looking real good
This could be it
And i know that all of you girls
Would love to steal him away
He bought me a drink
I thanked him real sweet
It's always so nice when you first meet
And i know that all of you women would love to steal him away
So i'm warning you

Chorus:

Better keep your hands off my
Better keep your hands off my
Better keep your hands off my potential new boyfriend
Building up an appetite
You can look but you can't buy
Better keep your hands off my potential new boyfriend

Pretty as a picture
Comin' on so strong
He's twisting my ignition key
Turn my motor on
But anyone can see, all his attention's on me
Give us some privacy

2nd chorus:

Better keep your hands off my
Better keep your hands off my
Better keep your hands off my potential new boyfriend
Better keep your hands off my
It's a welcome turn to try
Better keep your hands off my potential new boyfriend

Leave us alone tonight
Then if it don't work out right
He's all your's
Until then

3rd chorus:

Better keep your hands off my
Better keep your hands off my
Better keep your hands off my potential new boyfriend
They keep crowdin' in on me
He smiles rather unsuspiciously
Better keep your hands off my potential new boyfriend

Fade:

Repeat 1st chorus


14.Single Women

Single bars and single women
With a single thought in mind
Just to make it till the morning
Looking for what they can find
For a man they won't remember
For a night they can't forget
Do you come to this place often?
May i light your cigarette?
Drinkin' beer in amarillo
Passing time and swaping jokes
Hoping for a new beginning
But beginning to lose hope
And you're waiting for that moment
When a glance becomes a stare
Mmm, what's that perfume that you're wearing?
Haven't i met you somewhere?

Find a matchbook in the morning
With a name and number scrawled
When you phone, a woman answers
And you wish you'd never called
Oh, they're friendly when they meet you
But they're strangers when they go
Ahh, do you mind if i come join you?
Would you like to dance one more?

And it's gettin' near to closing
And the seconds pass like years
Lots of friends to share the laughter
Not a one to share the tears

Oh and you wish they'd change that juke box
Cause you know every song it plays
Can i drop you off at my place?
Oh, what's the matter, are you gay?
You gotta twenty in your pocket
Got your toothbrush in your purse
Life could get a whole lot better
But it better not get worse

Single bars and single women
With a single thought in mind
Just to make it till the morning
Looking for what they can find


15.Starting Over Again

Momma moved out
Daddy sold the house
They split up the money
And went on their way
And all the king's horses
And all the king's men
Couldn't put mommy and daddy back together again
Chorus:

Starting over again
Where should they begin
'cause they've never been out on their own
Starting over again
Where do you begin
When your dreams are all shattered
And the kids are all grown
And the whole world cries

Got an apartment
She moved in with her sisters
He's scheming big deals with one of his friends
While she sits at home
Just sorting out pieces
Of left over memories
From thirty odd years

2nd chorus:

Starting over again
Where do you begin
You've never been out on your own
Starting over again
Never any end

What will the neighbors say?
They're talking talk, its small town news
Facing fifty years old
Making up a happy home
And this far down the road
You find yourself alone
Two fools

3rd chorus:

Starting over again
Now where do you begin
When you've never been out on your own
Starting over again
Never any end
When your dreams are all shattered
And the kids are all grown
And all the king's horses
And all the king's men
Could never put mommy and daddy back together
Back together, again


16.The House Of The Rising Sun

There is a house down in new orleans
Down in the vieux carr'e
A house they call the rising sun
Where love and money are made
My father he was a gambler
Mother died when i was young
And i've worked since then
To please the men
At the house of the rising sun

There is a house
Down in new orleans
They call the rising sun
It's been the ruin of many a good girl
And oh god, you know i'm one

So mothers you go telling all your daughters
Not to do what i've done
To live a life of sin, shame and strife
In the house of the rising sun

There is a house in new orleans
They call the rising sun
It's been the ruin of many a good girl
And oh god, you know i'm one
Oh god, you know i'm one


17.Think About Love

I can't forget you
Ever since the moment that i met you
You've been on my mind
And i need to somehow let you know
That i think about you all the time
Chorus:

So when you think about love, think about me
I can give you more than you'll ever need
Sooner or later every heart needs some company
When you think about love, think about me
When you think about love, think about me

We were strangers
Now i'm already wrapped around your finger
Oh whats a heart to do
'cause it lingers
And the thought of you
Wantin' me as much as i want you

Repeat chorus

Makes me blue
I'm not holding you tonight
Cause only you can satisfy
This heart of mine

Repeat chorus twice


18.Working Girl

Some men find her sexy, some men disagree
But if she's not, it's not because she doesn't want to be
She wears a push-up bra from freddericks, five inch high heel
shoes
Maybelline and rubinstein, and avon's best perfume
She's a working girl
Chorus:

She's a working girl, she is single and free
She's a mother and wife and she's proud to be
A working girl

Some find her to aggressive, she don't know how to stop
Cause she's the kind that don't look down until it's from the
top
She's elegant and stylish, french perfume and a fur
Designer clothes by halston and diane von furstenburg
And she's a working girl

Repeat chorus

She has taken her place among the tallest of trees
But she weeps like a willow when she's brought to her knees
Cause she's a working girl

You'll find her dressed according to standard uniform
Cause she must dress in comfort for the job she must perform
She has so many faces, she wears so many names
She goes so many places and she does so many things
Cause she's a working girl

Repeat chorus

Fade:

Repeat chorus twice