The Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest-Thea Gilmore

[ti:The Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest] [ar:Thea Gilmore] [al:john wesley harding] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest - Thea Gilmore [00:10.57]Well Frankie Lee and Judas Priest [00:13.47]They were the best of friends [00:15.78]So when Frankie Lee needed money [00:17.98]Judas quickly pulled out a roll of tens [00:20.88]And placed them on a footstool [00:22.85]Just above the plotted plain [00:25.53]Sayin "Take your pick Frankie Boy [00:28.03]My loss will be your gain " [00:30.59]Well Frankie Lee he sat right down [00:32.91]And put his fingers to his chin [00:35.35]But with the cold eyes of Judas on him [00:38.22]His head began to spin [00:40.38]"Would ya please not stare at me like that ＂ he said [00:43.60]"It's just my foolish pride [00:45.32]But sometimes a man must be alone [00:47.82]And this is no place to hide ＂ [00:51.48]Well Judas he just winked and said [00:54.07]"All right I'll leave you here [00:56.32]But you'd better choose [00:57.60]Which of those bills you want [00:59.13]Before they all disappear ＂ [01:00.25] [01:01.56]"I'm gonna start my pickin' right now [01:03.96]Just tell me where you'll be ＂ [01:06.24]Judas pointed down the road [01:08.94]And said "Eternity ＂ [01:10.61] [01:11.70]"Eternity " said Frankie Lee [01:13.72]With a voice as cold as ice [01:16.32]＂That＇s right ＂ said Judas Priest ＂Eternity [01:18.76]Though you might call it ＇Paradise ＇＂ [01:21.37]＂I don＇t call it anything ＂ [01:23.73]Said Frankie Lee with a smile [01:26.22]＂All right ＂ said Judas Priest [01:28.66]＂I＇ll see you after a while ＂ [01:31.02] [01:41.17]Well Frankie Lee he sat back down [01:43.73]Feelin＇ low and mean [01:45.92]When just then a passing stranger [01:48.57]Burst upon the scene [01:50.81]Saying ＂Are you Frankie Lee the gambler [01:52.73] [01:53.40]Whose father is deceased [01:55.80]Well if you are [01:56.63]There＇s a fellow callin＇ you down the road [01:58.33]And they say his name is Priest ＂ [02:00.24] [02:00.88]＂Oh yes he is my friend ＂ [02:03.12]Said Frankie Lee in fright [02:05.82]＂I do recall him very well [02:08.21]In fact he just left my sight ＂ [02:10.73]＂Yes that＇s the one ＂ said the stranger [02:13.23]As quiet as a mouse [02:15.46]＂Well my message is he＇s down the road [02:18.38]Stranded in a house ＂ [02:20.58]Well Frankie Lee he panicked [02:22.95]He dropped ev＇rything and ran [02:25.42]Until he came up to the spot [02:28.04]Where Judas Priest did stand [02:30.36]＂What kind of house is this ＂ he said [02:33.07]＂Where I have come to roam ＂ [02:35.00] [02:35.63]＂It＇s not a house ＂ said Judas Priest [02:37.89]＂It＇s not a house it＇s a home ＂ [02:43.21]Well Frankie Lee he trembled [02:45.46]He soon lost all control [02:47.87]Over ev＇rything which he had made [02:50.36]While the mission bells did toll [02:52.94]He just stood there staring [02:53.92]At that big house as bright as any sun [02:57.90]With four and twenty windows [03:00.24]And a woman's face in ev'ry one [03:04.24]Well up the stairs ran Frankie Lee [03:06.27]With a soulful bounding leap [03:08.75]And foaming at the mouth [03:10.86]He began to make his midnight creep [03:13.95]For sixteen nights and days he raved [03:16.30]But on the seventeenth he burst [03:18.75]Into the arms of Judas Priest [03:21.20]Which is where he died of thirst [03:23.99]No one tried to say a thing [03:26.19]When they took him out in jest [03:28.53]Except of course the little neighbor boy [03:31.28]Who carried him to rest [03:33.43]And he just walked along alone [03:36.04]With his guilt so well concealed [03:37.41] [03:38.45]And muttered underneath his breath [03:41.18]＂Nothing is revealed ＂ [03:44.44] [03:53.55]Well the moral of the story [03:55.89]The moral of this song [03:58.38]Is simply that one should never be [04:00.72]Where one does not belong [04:03.19]So when you see your neighbor carryin＇ somethin＇ [04:06.07]Help him with his load [04:08.42]And don't go mistaking Paradise [04:10.67]For that home across the road [04:13.09]And don't go mistaking Paradise [04:15.52]For that home across the road