Many of her songs float lightly on dark currents-if you scan her compositions from the past fifty years, you’ll find plenty of dying children, abandoned women, and paralyzing poverty dished up in catchy tunes and warbling tones. That’s how Dolly Parton works, both as a musician and a celebrity.
Of course, that can be found in the original version, but the brisk clip of the performance and the chime of Dolly’s voice bounce over the concreteness of the despair.
