| Song | The Ballad of Miss Lily |
| Artist | David Ford |
| Album | Austerity Measures |
| [00:00.00] | |
| [00:40.80] | Well there never was a girl like Lily, |
| [00:44.52] | She was a pretty little heartbreak machine, |
| [00:48.40] | She had a way to part a fool and his money, |
| [00:52.18] | She was a lucky little gambler’s dream |
| [00:56.06] | Yeah and she promised up the world and whatever, |
| [00:59.82] | And she could get a man to do anything, |
| [01:03.66] | And by the morning he’d be cleaned out and crawling on his knees, |
| [01:07.56] | But every night you’ll hear some poor fool sing |
| [01:11.24] | He said: “I may not be a rich man, maybe, |
| [01:14.96] | Oh but I tell you what I’m gonna do, |
| [01:18.86] | I’m gonna take you out tonight in the city, |
| [01:22.72] | I’m gonna spend all my money on you” |
| [01:26.54] | She’d take a seat up at the bar around seven, |
| [01:30.32] | And wait for some poor sucker stumbling by, |
| [01:34.04] | Yeah then she’d pull him in and drag him on under, |
| [01:37.96] | Yeah and she’d drown him in those big, dark eyes |
| [01:41.74] | And with the moonlight breaking through a little crack in the sky, |
| [01:45.52] | Well he was broken and the damage was done, |
| [01:49.32] | He’d give up everything he had for a love that could never be, |
| [01:53.14] | Yeah he’d be screaming at the top of his lungs |
| [01:57.02] | He said: “I may not be a rich man, baby, |
| [02:00.86] | Oh but I tell you what I’m gonna do, |
| [02:04.58] | I’m gonna take you out tonight in the city, |
| [02:08.42] | I’m gonna spend all my money on you” |
| [02:11.54] | |
| [02:42.78] | One day there came into town some kind of big shot man, |
| [02:46.42] | All full of swagger like some Hollywood scene, |
| [02:50.32] | I tried to tell him: “Stay away from Miss Lily, |
| [02:54.10] | That woman’s trouble, if you know what I mean?” |
| [02:57.94] | Well he just laughed and said: “I think I can take care of myself”, |
| [03:01.72] | I said: “Well don’t pretend you haven’t been warned”, |
| [03:05.52] | They found him walking in the morning by the side of the road, |
| [03:09.36] | Yeah he was naked as the day he was born |
| [03:13.16] | He said: “I may not be a rich man, baby, |
| [03:17.22] | Oh but I tell you what I’m gonna do, |
| [03:20.82] | I’m gonna take you out tonight in the city, |
| [03:24.60] | I’m gonna spend all my money on you” |
| [03:28.44] | He said: “I may not be a rich man, baby, |
| [03:32.22] | Oh but I tell you what I’m gonna do, |
| [03:36.04] | I’m gonna take you out tonight in the city, |
| [03:39.78] | I’m gonna spend all my money on you” |
| [03:43.04] |
| [00:00.00] | |
| [00:40.80] | Well there never was a girl like Lily, |
| [00:44.52] | She was a pretty little heartbreak machine, |
| [00:48.40] | She had a way to part a fool and his money, |
| [00:52.18] | She was a lucky little gambler' s dream |
| [00:56.06] | Yeah and she promised up the world and whatever, |
| [00:59.82] | And she could get a man to do anything, |
| [01:03.66] | And by the morning he' d be cleaned out and crawling on his knees, |
| [01:07.56] | But every night you' ll hear some poor fool sing |
| [01:11.24] | He said: " I may not be a rich man, maybe, |
| [01:14.96] | Oh but I tell you what I' m gonna do, |
| [01:18.86] | I' m gonna take you out tonight in the city, |
| [01:22.72] | I' m gonna spend all my money on you" |
| [01:26.54] | She' d take a seat up at the bar around seven, |
| [01:30.32] | And wait for some poor sucker stumbling by, |
| [01:34.04] | Yeah then she' d pull him in and drag him on under, |
| [01:37.96] | Yeah and she' d drown him in those big, dark eyes |
| [01:41.74] | And with the moonlight breaking through a little crack in the sky, |
| [01:45.52] | Well he was broken and the damage was done, |
| [01:49.32] | He' d give up everything he had for a love that could never be, |
| [01:53.14] | Yeah he' d be screaming at the top of his lungs |
| [01:57.02] | He said: " I may not be a rich man, baby, |
| [02:00.86] | Oh but I tell you what I' m gonna do, |
| [02:04.58] | I' m gonna take you out tonight in the city, |
| [02:08.42] | I' m gonna spend all my money on you" |
| [02:11.54] | |
| [02:42.78] | One day there came into town some kind of big shot man, |
| [02:46.42] | All full of swagger like some Hollywood scene, |
| [02:50.32] | I tried to tell him: " Stay away from Miss Lily, |
| [02:54.10] | That woman' s trouble, if you know what I mean?" |
| [02:57.94] | Well he just laughed and said: " I think I can take care of myself", |
| [03:01.72] | I said: " Well don' t pretend you haven' t been warned", |
| [03:05.52] | They found him walking in the morning by the side of the road, |
| [03:09.36] | Yeah he was naked as the day he was born |
| [03:13.16] | He said: " I may not be a rich man, baby, |
| [03:17.22] | Oh but I tell you what I' m gonna do, |
| [03:20.82] | I' m gonna take you out tonight in the city, |
| [03:24.60] | I' m gonna spend all my money on you" |
| [03:28.44] | He said: " I may not be a rich man, baby, |
| [03:32.22] | Oh but I tell you what I' m gonna do, |
| [03:36.04] | I' m gonna take you out tonight in the city, |
| [03:39.78] | I' m gonna spend all my money on you" |
| [03:43.04] |