You were in a band before you met me
You played guitar and
Hated being on the lead
But
We always played Betty and Jolene
You never figured how to change keys
We used to sing in harmony
Now all the melodies
Are just monotone and bittersweet
You and your plucking fingers
This feeling only lingers
Me and the pick strumming
An ancient pain still humming
But I remember singing Betty and Jolene
You never figured how to change keys
We used to sing in harmony
Now all the melodies
Are just monotone and bittersweet
When you left you took
Betty and Jolene with you
My old two friends
Another voice you took from me
I'll never hear again
Now I day drink to forget
The way your voice sounds next to mine
Like our hands intertwined
Now I can't sing Betty and Jolene
You never figured how to change keys
We used to sing in harmony
Now all the melodies
Are just monotone and bittersweet
Betty and Jolene
You said you'd never leave
Betty and Jolene
You said you'd never leave
Betty and Jolene
You said you'd never leave
Betty and Jolene
You took them from me