It's hard for me to lie to you   She comes home to me   And we lay awake   Til morning breaks   Discussing poetry      Jolene, we almost never met   Then where would we both be?   We'd be drowning in a sea of wealth   Six figures of misery      Take it easy, I'm new at this Jolene   Make it easier for me to turn and leave   When I walk away, I find I've been replaced   Now he's in your thoughts en route to outer space      And it's hard to go to bed with you   Still running through my mind   But you make it so much easier   To leave it all behind      And then you fly me to the moon   While singing country songs   I would lie in bed til morning breaks   If it weren't for my alarm      Take it easy, I'm new at this Jolene   Make it easier for me to turn and leave   When I walk away, I find I've been replaced   Now he's in your thoughts en route to outer space again      Make it easy my darling, don't be shy   Light a cigarette and then you close your eyes   When I walk away, I find I've been replaced   Now he's in your bed en route to outer space