Nina Mankin – Lily lyrics

LILY WAS WILD, SHE WAS RUGGED
BARELY SIXTEEN SHE WAS OUT ON HER OWN
AND WINSLOW HIT HIGH SCHOOL A CHILD OF CONVICTION
DO GOOD IN THE WORLD AND YOU BRING IT ON HOME

A FIRST KISS REVEALS MANY STORIES
OF PAIN THAT WON'T HEAL AND A LOVE THAT COULD GROW
HE HELD HER FOR HOURS MOONLIGHT BEAMED THROUGH HIS WINDOW
SHE'S TELLING HIM DREAMS THAT NO ONE ELSE COULD KNOW
AND TALKING 'BOUT WHERE THEY COULD GO

THEY HITCHHIKED FROM READING TO READVILLE
RODE ON THE FERRY TO PARAMOUR ISLE
LIVING SOMEWHERE HOW THEY PLEASED 'TILL
LILY'D SAY GO AND THEY'D RIDE, RIDE, RIDE

FOR TWO YEARS THEY TRAVELED THE ROADWAYS
LIVING ON LUCK AND THE SKILL OF THEIR HANDS
'TILL WINSLOW WOKE UP IN A BED THAT WAS EMPTY
SHE'D LEFT HIM A NOTE HE COULD NOT UNDERSTAND

"I'M LEAVING HERE WHILE YOU STILL LOVE ME
WHILE THERE'S A CHANCE YOU CAN MAKE YOUR WAY HOME
YOU HAVE TO FIND YOUR OWN REASON FOR LIVING
THIS ROAD THAT I'M ON I MUST TRAVEL ALONE
I KNOW YOU'LL BE SAD THAT I'M GONE"

CAUSE NOTHING COULD TELL HER TO KEEP STILL
MOVING THROUGH LIFE ONTHE PULL OF A TIDE
WHAT OTHERS CALLED RIGHT SHE CALLED WEAK WILLED
LILY'D SAY GO AND THEY'D RIDE RIDE RIDE

WINSLOW WENT HOME IN THE SPRINGTIME
TRAVELING ALONE ON THE MIDWESTERN ROADS
HE MARRIED A GIRL WHO'S BRIGHT SMILE HELD NO BURDEN
NO CALL TO A PLACE HE COULD NOT EVER GO

BUT SOMETIMES A FEELING TAKES OVER
LIKE SORROWFUL EYES LOOKING DEEP IN HIS SOUL
AT NIGHT WHILE HE DRIVES HE CAN FEEL HER BESIDE HIM
SHE'S TELLING HIM DREAMS THAT NO ONE ELSE COULD KNOW
AND TALKING BOUT WHERE THEY COULD GO

DOUBLE CHORUS