Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts lyrics
Song information
Artist: Joan Baez Album: From Every Stage
Lyrics
The festival was over, the boys were all planning for a fall The cabaret was quiet except for the drilling in the wall The curfew had been lifted and the gambling wheel shut down Anyone with any sense had already left town He was standing in the doorway lookin' like the jack of hearts
He moved across the mirrored room, set it 'em for everyone, he said Then everyone commenced to do what they were doin' before he moved their heads Then he walked up to a stranger and he asked him with a grin Could you kindly tell me, friend, what time the show begins? Then he moved into the corner, face down like the jack of hearts
Backstage the girls were playin' five-card stud by the stairs Lily had two queens, she was hopin' for a third to match her pair Outside the streets were fillin' up, the window was open wide A gentle breeze was blowing, you could feel it from inside Lily called another bet and drew up the jack of hearts
Big jim was no one's fool, he owned the town's only diamond mine He made his usual entrance lookin' oh so dandy and so fine With his bodyguards and silver cane and every hair in place He took whatever he wanted to and he laid it all to waste But his bodyguards and silver cane were no match for the jack of hearts
Rosemary combed her hair and took a carriage into town She slipped in through the side door lookin' like a queen without a crown She fluttered her false eyelashes and whispered in his ear Sorry, darlin', that I'm late, but he didn't seem to hear He was staring into space over at the jack of hearts
I know I've seen that face before, big jim was thinkin' to himself Maybe down in mexico or a picture up on somebody's shelf But then the crowd began to stamp their feet and the house lights did dim And in the darkness of the room there was only jim and him Staring at the butterfly who just drew the jack of hearts
Lily was a princess, she was fair-skinned and precious as a child She did whatever she had to do, it was a kind of a flash every time she smiled She'd come away from a broken home, had lots of strange affairs With men in every walk of life which took her everywhere But she'd never met anyone quite like the jack of hearts
The hangin' judge came in unnoticed and was being wined and dined The drilling in the wall kept up but no one seemed to pay it any mind It was known all around that lily had jim's ring And nothin' would ever come between lily and the king No, nothing ever would 'cept maybe the jack of hearts
Rosemary started drinkin' hard and seein' her reflection in the knife She was tired of the attention, tired of playin' the role of big jim's wife She had done a lot of bad things, even once tried suicide Was lookin' to do just one good deed before she died She was gazin' to the future, riding on the jack of hearts
Lily washed her face, took her dress off and buried it away Has your luck run out? she laughed at him, well, I guess you must Have known it would someday Be careful not to touch the wall, there's a brand-new coat of paint I'm glad to see you're still alive, you're lookin' like a saint Down the hallway footsteps were comin' for the jack of hearts
The backstage manager was pacing all around by his chair There's something funny going on, I know, I can just feel it in the air He went to get the hangin' judge, but the hangin' judge was drunk And the leading actor hurried by in the costume of a monk There was no actor anywhere better than the jack of hearts
Lily's had her arms around the man that she dearly loved to touch She forgot all about the man she hated, who hounded her so much I've missed you so, she said to him, and he felt she was sincere But just beyond the door he felt jealousy and fear Just another night in the life of the jack of hearts
No one knew the circumstance but they say that it happened pretty quick The door to the dressing room burst open and a cold revolver clicked And big jim was standin' there, you couldn't say surprised Rosemary right beside him, steady in her eyes She was with big jim but she was leanin' to the jack of hearts
Two doors down and the boys finally made it through the wall Cleaned out the bank safe, it's said that they got off with quite a haul In the darkness by the riverbed they waited on the ground For one more member who had business back in town But they couldn't go no further without the jack of hearts
Well the next day was hangin' day, and the sky was overcast and black Big jim lay covered up, killed by a penknife in the back And rosemary on the gallows, boy, she didn't even blink The hangin' judge was sober, lord, he hadn't had a drink The only person on the scene missing was the jack of hearts
The cabaret was quiet now, a sign said, closed for repair Lily had already taken all of the dye out of her hair She was thinkin' 'bout her father, who she very rarely saw Thinkin' about rosemary and thinkin' about the law But, most of all she was thinkin' about the jack of hearts
[from http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]
"From Every Stage" album track list
|
Most popular songs
Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!
Killing in the Name (Rage Against the Machine)
Fight For This Love (Cheryl Cole)
Hallelujah (Alexandra Burke)
Hot N Cold (Katy Perry)
I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker (Sandi Thom)
Best Of You (Foo Fighters)
Rockstar (Nickelback)
Mercy (Duffy)
Chasing Cars (Snow Patrol)
Take Back the City (Snow Patrol)
Viva La Vida (Coldplay)
Chasing Pavements (Adele)
Blue Da Ba Dee (Eiffel 65)
Ruby (Kaiser Chiefs)
I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor)
Dream Catch Me (Newton Faulkner)
Bleeding Love (Leona Lewis)
Hey There Delilah (Plain White T's)
I Kissed a Girl (Katy Perry)
The doheth network
CodeLair tutorials
The Funny Pages
Simpsons episode guide
Pokemon Scarlet & Violet Pokedex
Cartoon images
Infused Design
|