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LILY 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 Nina Mankin |
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