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	Current version of Tom Russell Lyrics Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/t/tom-russell/lily/) Current version of the lyrics						Version 1 of Tom Russell Lyrics Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/t/tom-russell/lily/v1.html) Version 1 of the lyrics
1	The festival was over the boys were all plannin' for a fall						(Bob Dylan)	1
1	The cabaret was quiet except for the drillin' in the wall							1
2	The curfew had been lifted and the gamblin' wheel shut down						The festival was over,              the boys were all plannin'	2
3	Anyone with any sense had already left town						for a fall, The cabaret was quiet except for the	3
4	He was standin' in the doorway lookin' like the Jack of Hearts						drillin'                in the wall. The curfew had been lifted	4
5							and the gamblin' wheel shut down, Anyone with any	5
6	He moved across the mirrored room						sense had already left town. He was standin' in	6
7	"Set it up for everyone", he said						the doorway lookin' like the Jack of Hearts.	7
2	Then everyone commenced to do							2
8	What they were doin' before he turned their heads						He moved across the mirrored room, "Set it up	8
9	Then he walked up to a stranger and he asked him with a grin						for everyone,"                                   he said, Then everyone	9
10	"Could you kindly tell me friend what time the show begins?"						commenced to do                   what they were doin' before he	10
11	Then he moved into the corner face down like the Jack of Hearts						turned their heads. Then he walked up to a	11
12							stranger and he asked him with a grin, "Could	12
13	Backstage                                         the girls were playin' five-card stud by the stairs						you kindly tell me, friend, what time the show	13
14	Lily had two queens she was hopin' for a third to match her pair						begins?" Then he moved into the corner, face	14
15	Outside       the streets were fillin' up the window was open wide						down like the Jack of Hearts.	15
3	A gentle breeze was blowin' you could feel it from inside							3
16	Lily called another bet and drew up the Jack of Hearts						Backstage                                      the girls were playin' five-card stud by	16
17							the stairs, Lily had two queens, she was hopin'	17
18	Big Jim was no one's fool he owned the town's only diamond mine						for a third to match her pair. Outside the streets	18
19	He made his usual entrance lookin' so dandy and so fine						were fillin' up, the window was open wide, A	19
20	With his bodyguards and silver cane and every hair in place						gentle breeze was blowin', you could feel it from	20
21	He took whatever he wanted to and he laid it all to waste						inside. Lily called another bet     and drew up the	21
22	But his bodyguards and silver cane were no match for the Jack of Hearts						Jack of Hearts.	22
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23	Rosemary combed her hair and took a carriage into town						Big Jim was no one's fool, he owned the town's	23
24	She slipped in through the side door lookin' like a queen without a crown						only diamond mine, He made his usual entrance	24
25	She fluttered her false eyelashes and whispered in       his ear						lookin' so dandy                   and so fine. With his bodyguards	25
26	"Sorry darlin' that I'm late", but he didn't seem to hear						and silver cane and every hair in place, He took	26
27	He was starin' into space over at the Jack of Hearts						whatever he wanted to and he laid it all to waste.	27
28							But his bodyguards and silver cane were no match	28
29	"I know I've seen that face before", Big Jim was thinkin' to himself						for the Jack of Hearts.	29
5	"Maybe down in Mexico or a picture up on somebody's shelf"							5
30	But then the crowd began to stamp their feet						Rosemary combed her hair and took a carriage into	30
31	And                            the house lights did dim						town, She slipped in through the side door lookin'	31
32	And in the darkness of the room there was only Jim and him						like a queen without a crown. She fluttered her	32
33	Starin' at the butterfly who just drew the Jack of Hearts						false eyelashes and whispered in his ear,	33
34							"Sorry, darlin', that I'm late," but he	34
35	Lily                      was a princess she was fair skinned and precious as a child						didn't seem to hear. He was starin' into space	35
36	She did whatever she had to do she had						over at the Jack of Hearts.	36
6	That certain flash every time she smiled							6
37	She'd come away from a broken home had lots of strange affairs						"I know I've seen that face before," Big	37
38	With men in every walk of life which took her everywhere						Jim was thinkin' to himself, "Maybe down in	38
39	But she'd never met anyone quite like the Jack of Hearts						Mexico or a picture up on somebody's shelf."	39
40							But then the crowd began to stamp their feet and	40
41	The hangin' judge came           in unnoticed and was being wined and dined						the house lights did dim And in the darkness of	41
42	The drillin' in the wall kept up but no one seemed to pay it any mind						the room there was only Jim and him, Starin' at	42
43	It was known all around that Lily had Jim's ring						the butterfly who just drew the Jack of Hearts.	43
7	And nothing would ever come between Lily and the king							7
44	No nothin' ever would except maybe the Jack of Hearts						Lily was a princess, she was fair-skinned and	44
45							precious as a child, She did whatever she had to	45
46	Rosemary started drinkin' hard and seein' her reflection in the knife						do, she had that certain flash every time she	46
47	She was tired of the attention tired of playin' the role of Big Jim's wife						smiled. She'd come away from a broken home, had	47
48	She had done a lot of bad things even once tried suicide						lots                    of strange affairs With men in every walk of	48
49	Was lookin' to do just one good deed before she died						life which took her everywhere. But she'd never	49
50	She was gazin' to the future riding on the Jack of Hearts						met anyone quite like                          the Jack of Hearts.	50
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51	Lily washed her face took her dress off and buried it away						The hangin' judge came in unnoticed             and was being	51
52	"Has your luck run out?", she laughed at him						wined and dined, The drillin' in the wall kept up	52
53	"Well I guess you must have known it would someday						but no one seemed to pay        it any mind. It was known	53
54	Be careful not to touch the wall there's a brand-new coat of paint						all around that Lily had Jim's ring And nothing	54
55	I'm glad to see you're still alive you're lookin' like a saint"						would ever come between Lily and the king. No,	55
56	Down the hallway footsteps were comin' for the Jack of Hearts						nothin' ever would except maybe              the Jack of	56
57							Hearts.	57
9	The backstage manager was pacing all around by his chair							9
58	"There's something funny going on" he said "I can just feel it in the air"						Rosemary started drinkin' hard and seein' her	58
59	He went to get the hangin' judge but the hangin' judge was drunk						reflection in          the knife, She                           was tired of the	59
60	As the leading actor hurried by in the costume of a monk						attention, tired of playin'                  the role of Big Jim's	60
61	There was no actor anywhere better than the Jack of Hearts						wife. She had done a lot                  of bad things, even once	61
62							tried suicide, Was lookin' to do just one good	62
63	Lily's arms were locked around the man that she dearly loved              to touch						deed before                                       she died. She was gazin' to the	63
64	She forgot all about the man she couldn't stand						future, riding on        the Jack of Hearts.	64
10	Who hounded her so much							10
65	"I've missed you so" she said to him and he felt she was sincere						Lily washed her face, took her dress off and	65
66	But just beyond the door he felt jealousy and fear						buried it away. "Has your luck run out?"	66
67	Just another night in the life of the Jack of Hearts						she laughed at him, "Well, I guess you must	67
68							have known it would someday. Be careful not to	68
69	No one knew the circumstance but they say						touch            the wall, there's a brand-new coat of paint,	69
70	That it happened pretty quick						I'm glad to see you're still alive, you're lookin'	70
71	The door to the dressing room burst open and a cold revolver clicked						like                                                  a saint." Down the hallway footsteps	71
72	And Big Jim was standin' there ya couldn't say surprised						were comin' for the Jack of Hearts.	72
11	Rosemary right beside him steady in her eyes							11
73	She                     was with Big Jim but she was leanin' to the Jack of Hearts						The backstage manager was pacing all around by his	73
74							chair. "There's something funny going	74
75	Two doors down the boys finally made it through the wall						on," he said, "I can just feel it in the	75
76	And cleaned out          the bank safe it's said that they got off with quite a haul						air." He went to get the hangin' judge, but	76
77	In the darkness by                  the riverbed they waited on the ground						the hangin' judge was drunk, As the leading actor	77
78	For one more member who had business back in town						hurried by                                         in the costume of a monk. There was no	78
79	But they couldn't go no further without the Jack of Hearts						actor anywhere better than                       the Jack of Hearts.	79
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80	The next day was hangin' day the sky was overcast and black						Lily's arms were locked around      the man that she	80
81	Big Jim lay covered up killed by a penknife in the back						dearly loved to touch, She forgot all about the	81
82	And Rosemary on the gallows she didn't even blink						man                             she couldn't stand who hounded her so much.	82
83	The hangin' judge was sober he hadn't had a drink						"I've missed you so," she said to him,	83
84	The only person on the scene missin' was the Jack of Hearts						and he felt she                      was sincere, But just beyond the	84
85							door he felt jealousy and fear. Just another night	85
86	The cabaret was empty now a sign said "Closed for repair"						in the life of the Jack of Hearts.	86
13	Lily had already taken all of the dye out of her hair							13
87	She was thinkin' 'bout her father who she very rarely saw						No one knew the circumstance but they say that it	87
88	Thinkin' 'bout Rosemary and thinkin' about the law						happened pretty quick, The door to the dressing	88
	But most of all she was thinkin' 'bout the Jack of Hearts						room burst open and a cold revolver clicked. And
1							Big Jim was standin' there, ya couldn't say	1
2							surprised, Rosemary right beside him, steady in	2
3							her eyes. She was with Big Jim but she was leanin'	3
4							to the Jack of Hearts.	4
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6							Two doors down the boys finally made it through	6
7							the wall And cleaned out the bank safe, it's said	7
8							that they got off with quite a haul. In the	8
9							darkness by the riverbed they waited on the ground	9
10							For one more member who had business back in town.	10
11							But they couldn't go no further without the Jack	11
12							of Hearts.	12
13								13
14							The next day was hangin' day, the sky was overcast	14
15							and black, Big Jim lay covered up, killed by a	15
16							penknife in the back. And Rosemary on the gallows,	16
17							she didn't even blink, The hangin' judge was	17
18							sober, he hadn't had a drink. The only person on	18
19							the scene missin' was the Jack of Hearts.	19
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21							The cabaret was empty now, a sign said,	21
22							"Closed for repair," Lily had already	22
23							taken all of the dye out of her hair. She was	23
24							thinkin' 'bout her father, who she very rarely	24
25							saw, Thinkin' 'bout Rosemary and thinkin' about	25
26							the law. But, most of all she was thinkin' 'bout	26
27							the Jack of Hearts.	27

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