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JOLENE
Jolene, you say you want to be my friend
we'll sail upon the Raritan
Jolene is gonna be my friend
Don't know too many girls as nice as you
we'll bicycle to Princeton too
I'm gonna make time for you

Don't you really feel bad for me
don't you read your mind? It's too hard to bear
you could really be good for me

Jolene, we argue over who goes first
when neither would be worse
let's talk about the good things first

Do I really really feel bad for you?
can't you read my mind? It's too much to bear
I could really be good for you

Jolene, you say you're gonna be my friend
don't wait until the very end
stop talking like it's the end

{bridge} There'll be a time in your life
when you will need some boy to show you
how a girl should feel
there'll be so much to sort out
oh baby, stay please

Jolene, we argue over who goes first
when neither would be worse
let's talk about the good things first
(c)Aug 12,1982 pub. Breet Music, BMI All rights reserved

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from SQUARES IN PAIRS 2021 .​.​.​.​36th anniversary edition, released May 15, 1986
Rob Rothschild- drums
Pete Tomlinson-lead guitar
Chris Breetveld- piano, bass, Casio, vocals

-Recorded: Tower Studios -Engineers: Rob Rothschild (basic tracks) & CB- (overdubs & mix) OCT1983

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The Breetles Princeton, New Jersey

The Breetles, an American power-pop band, are Chris Breetveld and anyone who plays Breetles songs, with or without him. They became one of the founding rocks of the "Kendall Park (New Jersey) Sound" starting around 1982. They have been described as the illegitimate flower-child of The Who, The Beatles, XTC, The Kinks, Mrs. Miller and Cheap Trick. Power-pop, cleverly-stupid, quiet is the new loud. ... more

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