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This is originally a Ray LaMontagne song. A friend turned me onto the Zac Brown Band version, so I thought I'd do my own take on it using only my own layered vocals.

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Cocaine flame in my bloodstream
Sold my coat when I hit Spokane
Bought myself a hard pack of cigarettes in the early morning rain
Lately my hands they don't feel like mine
My eyes been stung with dust and blind
Held you in my arms one time, but I lost you just the same

Jolene, I ain't about to go straight -- it's too late
I found myself face down in a ditch
Booze in my hair, blood in my lips
A picture of you holding a picture of me
In the pocket of my blue jeans
Still don't know what love means, Jolene

Been so long since I've seen your face
Or felt a part of this human race
I've been living out of this here suitcase for way too long
A man needs something he can hold onto
A nine pound hammer or a woman like you
Either one of them things will do

Jolene, I ain't about to go straight -- it's too late
I found myself face down in a ditch
Booze in my hair, blood on my lips
A picture of you holding a picture of me
In the pocket of my blue jeans
Still don't know what love means, Jolene

credits

from A Room At The Squire, track released September 21, 2012
Ray LaMontagne - words and music
James Tristan Redding - vocals and arrangement

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James Tristan Redding Nashville, Tennessee

British-American songwriter, singer, audiobook narrator, studio player, Godin Guitars official artist.

Founded global collective www.SongAWeek.org, performance art experience The Under Over: tinyurl.com/uoxuo (song circle underneath a highway) and writing retreat www.TheNashville24.com (annual challenge: write 24 songs in 24 hours).

Cuts by Sarah Harralson, Eli Alger, Emma Gale, David Easterling
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