Lilly's Lament (Cell 29)

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Lilly is lovely, Lilly is sweet
There's hardly a man she can't sweep up his feet
Some say she's bashful, others say shy
She walks on when they give her the eye
Ain't that she's hot-brow, so I've been told
Ain't that she's fickle, ain't that she's cold
The reason is plain
Her heart's doing time
Belongs to the prisoner in cell 29

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Lilly is lonely, Lilly is blue
She found out too late that her true love was true
He fought for her love and the other man died
But he got caught low
How Lilly cried
30 days crying, wrecking her soul
She prays for his pardon, for his parole
The letter she writes all end with this line "Take care of my baby in cell 29"

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Lilly is faithful, Lilly is just
She says it's her debt
And to pay it she must
On visiting days she never forgets
To wear a smile and to bring cigarettes

Lilly oh, Lilly
20 long years waiting and wailing
Saltwater tears, crying of tears to grow you a vine
From here to your baby in cell 29

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From here to your baby in cell 29
Ooh, ooh, ooh