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Listen: Miranda Lambert’s ‘Geraldene’ Namedrops Dolly Parton’s ‘Jolene’

Miranda Lambert has released a new song from her upcoming album The Marfa Tapes called “Geraldine” and it name checks another famous song: Dolly Parton’s “Jolene.” It’s actually a lot like…

Listen: Miranda Lambert's 'Geraldene' - The 'Jolene' Of The Times
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Miranda Lambert has released a new song from her upcoming album The Marfa Tapes called "Geraldine" and it name checks another famous song: Dolly Parton's "Jolene."

It's actually a lot like Parton's famous song as Miranda is threatened by another woman just like Dolly was in 1974's "Jolene." Lambert sings, "You're trailer-park pretty, but you're never gonna be Jolene."

The chorus sings, "Geraldene, Geraldene / Why you gotta be so mean? / Don't make me cause a scene now, Geraldene / Geraldene, Geraldene / You got 'em all on their knees / But you can't take a man from me, Geraldene."

At the end of the song, Lambert chats with her collaborators Jack Ingram and Jon Randall saying "That was fun."