Josh Ritter - Lillian, Egypt lyrics
[Josh Ritter - Lillian, Egypt lyrics]
I remember back in Illinois, I found her
The lily of the valley
The lily of the West was a rose
The daughter of the biggest big town banker
He kept her like a princess
I stole her like the Fort Knox gold
She used to pour Four Roses like
It's goin' down the chimney
Like the bottle was on fire
The boiler was about to blow
She's up on the table when we hit Missouri
Dancin' with a movie man
He's holding her a little too close
La di-di da da da da da da da
La di-di da da da da da da da
He made her the star of the silent movies
But all she did was mouth the words, all
She did was mouth the words, "Oh, no!"
And cast me as the villain
As the sheriff’s worst enemy
I practiced falling off of
Buildings and out windows
The last time I saw she was
Tied to the train tracks
I was up there with the extras
Riding on a tiger roan
The villain on the left
With the studio mustache winkin' at Lillian
Blowing kisses from the second row
The lily of the valley
The lily of the West was a rose
The daughter of the biggest big town banker
He kept her like a princess
I stole her like the Fort Knox gold
She used to pour Four Roses like
It's goin' down the chimney
Like the bottle was on fire
The boiler was about to blow
She's up on the table when we hit Missouri
Dancin' with a movie man
He's holding her a little too close
La di-di da da da da da da da
La di-di da da da da da da da
He made her the star of the silent movies
But all she did was mouth the words, all
She did was mouth the words, "Oh, no!"
And cast me as the villain
As the sheriff’s worst enemy
I practiced falling off of
Buildings and out windows
The last time I saw she was
Tied to the train tracks
I was up there with the extras
Riding on a tiger roan
The villain on the left
With the studio mustache winkin' at Lillian
Blowing kisses from the second row