The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest

Song The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest
Artist Thea Gilmore
Album John Wesley Harding

Lyrics

[00:00.94] music
[00:14.46] Well, Frankie Lee and Judas Priest
[00:17.29] They were the best of friends
[00:20.19] So when Frankie Lee needed money one day
[00:23.30] Judas quickly pulled out a roll of tens
[00:26.58] And placed them on a footstool
[00:29.77] Just above the plotted plain
[00:33.31] Sayin’, “Take your pick, Frankie Boy
[00:36.47] My loss will be your gain”
[00:38.84]
[00:40.31] Well, Frankie Lee, he sat right down
[00:41.75] And put his fingers to his chin
[00:46.27] But with the cold eyes of Judas on him
[00:49.64] His head began to spin
[00:52.89] “Would ya please not stare at me like that,” he said
[00:55.81] “It’s just my foolish pride
[00:59.38] But sometimes a man must be alone
[01:02.52] And this is no place to hide”
[01:04.68]
[01:06.62] Well, Judas, he just winked and said
[01:08.78] “All right, I’ll leave you here
[01:12.87] But you’d better hurry up and choose which of those bills you want
[01:18.38] Before they all disappear”
[01:19.25] “I’m gonna start my pickin’ right now
[01:21.66] Just tell me where you’ll be”
[01:25.72] Judas pointed down the road
[01:28.47] And said, “Eternity!”
[01:30.76]
[01:32.02] “Eternity?” said Frankie Lee
[01:35.18] With a voice as cold as ice
[01:38.38] “That’s right,” said Judas Priest, “Eternity
[01:41.05] Though you might call it ‘Paradise’”
[01:44.41] “I don’t call it anything”
[01:47.19] Said Frankie Lee with a smile
[01:50.69] “All right,” said Judas Priest
[01:53.93] “I’ll see you after a while”
[01:55.39]
[02:00.65] Well, Frankie Lee, he sat back down
[02:01.04] Feelin’ low and mean
[02:03.30] When just then a passing stranger
[02:06.41] Burst upon the scene
[02:09.58] Saying, “Are you Frankie Lee, the gambler
[02:12.47] Whose father is deceased?
[02:15.87] Well, if you are, there’s a fellow callin’ you down the road
[02:18.95] And they say his name is Priest”
[02:20.71]
[02:22.73] “Oh, yes, he is my friend”
[02:25.71] Said Frankie Lee in fright
[02:28.83] “I do recall him very well
[02:31.51] In fact, he just left my sight”
[02:35.30] “Yes, that’s the one,” said the stranger
[02:38.95] As quiet as a mouse
[02:41.20] “Well, my message is, he’s down the road
[02:44.57] Stranded in a house”
[02:45.99]
[02:47.99] Well, Frankie Lee, he panicked
[02:50.83] He dropped ev’rything and ran
[02:54.38] Until he came up to the spot
[02:58.47] Where Judas Priest did stand
[03:00.80] “What kind of house is this,” he said
[03:04.09] “Where I have come to roam?”
[03:07.07] “It’s not a house,” said Judas Priest
[03:10.24] “It’s not a house . . . it’s a home”
[03:12.25]
[03:13.71] Well, Frankie Lee, he trembled
[03:15.15] He soon lost all control
[03:20.76] Over ev’rything which he had made
[03:23.07] While the mission bells did toll
[03:26.05] He just stood there staring
[03:28.19] At that big house as bright as any sun
[03:32.45] With four and twenty windows
[03:35.58] And a woman’s face in ev’ry one
[03:38.61]
[03:39.05] Well, up the stairs ran Frankie Lee
[03:41.67] With a soulful, bounding leap
[03:44.96] And, foaming at the mouth
[03:47.79] He began to make his midnight creep
[03:51.75] For sixteen nights and days he raved
[03:54.59] But on the seventeenth he burst
[03:58.07] Into the arms of Judas Priest
[04:00.93] Which is where he died of thirst
[04:03.43]
[04:04.85] No one tried to say a thing
[04:07.14] When they took him out in jest
[04:10.61] Except, of course, the little neighbor boy
[04:13.74] Who carried him to rest
[04:16.95] And he just walked along, alone
[04:21.72] With his guilt so well concealed
[04:25.39] And muttered underneath his breath
[04:28.37] “Nothing is revealed”
[04:30.48] music
[04:37.09]
[04:44.08] Well, the moral of the story
[04:47.33] The moral of this song
[04:50.61] Is simply that one should never be
[04:53.47] Where one does not belong
[04:56.50] So when you see your neighbor carryin’ somethin’
[04:59.59] Help him with his load
[05:03.24] And don’t go mistaking Paradise
[05:06.15] For that home across the road
[05:09.00] music

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[00:14.46] Well, Frankie Lee and Judas Priest
[00:17.29] They were the best of friends
[00:20.19] So when Frankie Lee needed money one day
[00:23.30] Judas quickly pulled out a roll of tens
[00:26.58] And placed them on a footstool
[00:29.77] Just above the plotted plain
[00:33.31] Sayin', " Take your pick, Frankie Boy
[00:36.47] My loss will be your gain"
[00:38.84]
[00:40.31] Well, Frankie Lee, he sat right down
[00:41.75] And put his fingers to his chin
[00:46.27] But with the cold eyes of Judas on him
[00:49.64] His head began to spin
[00:52.89] " Would ya please not stare at me like that," he said
[00:55.81] " It' s just my foolish pride
[00:59.38] But sometimes a man must be alone
[01:02.52] And this is no place to hide"
[01:04.68]
[01:06.62] Well, Judas, he just winked and said
[01:08.78] " All right, I' ll leave you here
[01:12.87] But you' d better hurry up and choose which of those bills you want
[01:18.38] Before they all disappear"
[01:19.25] " I' m gonna start my pickin' right now
[01:21.66] Just tell me where you' ll be"
[01:25.72] Judas pointed down the road
[01:28.47] And said, " Eternity!"
[01:30.76]
[01:32.02] " Eternity?" said Frankie Lee
[01:35.18] With a voice as cold as ice
[01:38.38] " That' s right," said Judas Priest, " Eternity
[01:41.05] Though you might call it ' Paradise'"
[01:44.41] " I don' t call it anything"
[01:47.19] Said Frankie Lee with a smile
[01:50.69] " All right," said Judas Priest
[01:53.93] " I' ll see you after a while"
[01:55.39]
[02:00.65] Well, Frankie Lee, he sat back down
[02:01.04] Feelin' low and mean
[02:03.30] When just then a passing stranger
[02:06.41] Burst upon the scene
[02:09.58] Saying, " Are you Frankie Lee, the gambler
[02:12.47] Whose father is deceased?
[02:15.87] Well, if you are, there' s a fellow callin' you down the road
[02:18.95] And they say his name is Priest"
[02:20.71]
[02:22.73] " Oh, yes, he is my friend"
[02:25.71] Said Frankie Lee in fright
[02:28.83] " I do recall him very well
[02:31.51] In fact, he just left my sight"
[02:35.30] " Yes, that' s the one," said the stranger
[02:38.95] As quiet as a mouse
[02:41.20] " Well, my message is, he' s down the road
[02:44.57] Stranded in a house"
[02:45.99]
[02:47.99] Well, Frankie Lee, he panicked
[02:50.83] He dropped ev' rything and ran
[02:54.38] Until he came up to the spot
[02:58.47] Where Judas Priest did stand
[03:00.80] " What kind of house is this," he said
[03:04.09] " Where I have come to roam?"
[03:07.07] " It' s not a house," said Judas Priest
[03:10.24] " It' s not a house . . . it' s a home"
[03:12.25]
[03:13.71] Well, Frankie Lee, he trembled
[03:15.15] He soon lost all control
[03:20.76] Over ev' rything which he had made
[03:23.07] While the mission bells did toll
[03:26.05] He just stood there staring
[03:28.19] At that big house as bright as any sun
[03:32.45] With four and twenty windows
[03:35.58] And a woman' s face in ev' ry one
[03:38.61]
[03:39.05] Well, up the stairs ran Frankie Lee
[03:41.67] With a soulful, bounding leap
[03:44.96] And, foaming at the mouth
[03:47.79] He began to make his midnight creep
[03:51.75] For sixteen nights and days he raved
[03:54.59] But on the seventeenth he burst
[03:58.07] Into the arms of Judas Priest
[04:00.93] Which is where he died of thirst
[04:03.43]
[04:04.85] No one tried to say a thing
[04:07.14] When they took him out in jest
[04:10.61] Except, of course, the little neighbor boy
[04:13.74] Who carried him to rest
[04:16.95] And he just walked along, alone
[04:21.72] With his guilt so well concealed
[04:25.39] And muttered underneath his breath
[04:28.37] " Nothing is revealed"
[04:30.48] music
[04:37.09]
[04:44.08] Well, the moral of the story
[04:47.33] The moral of this song
[04:50.61] Is simply that one should never be
[04:53.47] Where one does not belong
[04:56.50] So when you see your neighbor carryin' somethin'
[04:59.59] Help him with his load
[05:03.24] And don' t go mistaking Paradise
[05:06.15] For that home across the road
[05:09.00] music