Well there never was a girl like Lily,
She was a pretty little heartbreak machine,
She had a way to part a fool and his money,
She was a lucky little gambler’s dream
Yeah and she promised up the world and whatever,
And she could get a man to do anything,
And by the morning he’d be cleaned out and crawling on his knees,
But every night you’ll hear some poor fool sing
He said: “I may not be a rich man, maybe,
Oh but I tell you what I’m gonna do,
I’m gonna take you out tonight in the city,
I’m gonna spend all my money on you”
She’d take a seat up at the bar around seven,
And wait for some poor sucker stumbling by,
Yeah then she’d pull him in and drag him on under,
Yeah and she’d drown him in those big, dark eyes
And with the moonlight breaking through a little crack in the sky,
Well he was broken and the damage was done,
He’d give up everything he had for a love that could never be,
Yeah he’d be screaming at the top of his lungs
He said: “I may not be a rich man, baby,
Oh but I tell you what I’m gonna do,
I’m gonna take you out tonight in the city,
I’m gonna spend all my money on you”

One day there came into town some kind of big shot man,
All full of swagger like some Hollywood scene,
I tried to tell him: “Stay away from Miss Lily,
That woman’s trouble, if you know what I mean?”
Well he just laughed and said: “I think I can take care of myself”,
I said: “Well don’t pretend you haven’t been warned”,
They found him walking in the morning by the side of the road,
Yeah he was naked as the day he was born
He said: “I may not be a rich man, baby,
Oh but I tell you what I’m gonna do,
I’m gonna take you out tonight in the city,
I’m gonna spend all my money on you”
He said: “I may not be a rich man, baby,
Oh but I tell you what I’m gonna do,
I’m gonna take you out tonight in the city,
I’m gonna spend all my money on you”