The 1971 song that still gives Dolly Parton "a lot of hope"

The 1971 song that still gives Dolly Parton "a lot of hope"

In a world of outright bleakness, Dolly Parton has always tried to position herself as a beacon of hope amid the dark days. She does that largely because she has endured her fair share of tough times herself. Having come from a childhood which bore so little in a material sense, the true values of thankfulness and justice were ingrained into her from the earliest possible memory. Maybe this notion of naive optimism has stayed with her for longer…