Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts-Mary Lee's Corvette

[ti:Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts] [ar:Mary Lee's Corvette] [al:Blood On The Tracks] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts - Mary Lee's Corvette [00:43.74]The festival was over [00:45.28]The boys were all plannin' for a fall [00:48.63] [00:49.62]The cabaret was quiet except [00:52.18]For the drillin' in the wall [00:54.63] [00:55.62]The curfew had been lifted [00:57.00]And the gamblin' wheel shut down [00:59.35] [00:59.88]Anyone with any sense had already left town [01:03.17]He was standin' in the doorway [01:05.57]Lookin' like the Jack of Hearts [01:08.60] [01:11.62]He moved across the mirrored room [01:13.34]Set it up for everyone he said [01:16.55] [01:17.47]Then everyone commenced to do what [01:19.54]They were doin' before he turned their heads [01:23.15]Then he walked up to a stranger [01:24.87]And he asked him with a grin [01:27.13]Could you kindly tell me friend [01:29.22]What time the show begins [01:30.97]Then he moved into the corner [01:33.31]Face down like the Jack of Hearts [01:36.25] [01:47.47]Backstage the girls were [01:48.73]Playin' five card stud by the stairs [01:52.15] [01:55.31]Lily had two queens [01:56.61]She was hopin' for a third to match her pair [02:00.41] [02:02.85]Outside the streets were fillin' up [02:04.96]The window was open wide [02:07.16]A gentle breeze was blowin' [02:08.82]You could feel it from inside [02:11.08]Lily called another bet [02:13.17]And drew up the Jack of Hearts [02:15.46] [02:22.98]Well big Jim was no one's fool [02:25.10]He owned the town's only diamond mine [02:28.28] [02:31.00]He made his usual entrance lookin' [02:33.79]So dandy and so fine [02:36.60] [02:39.04]With his bodyguards [02:40.24]And silver cane and every hair in place [02:43.33]He took whatever he wanted to [02:45.12]And he laid it all to waste [02:46.99]But his bodyguards and silver [02:48.65]Cane were no match for the Jack of Hearts [02:52.08] [02:55.39]Rosemary combed her hair [02:57.28]And took a carriage into town [03:00.27] [03:03.36]She slipped in through the side door [03:05.53]Lookin' like a queen without a crown [03:08.91] [03:11.21]She fluttered her false eyelashes [03:13.44]And whispered in his ear [03:15.64]Sorry darlin' that I'm late [03:17.26]But he didn't seem to hear [03:19.02]He was starin' into space over [03:22.08]At the Jack of Hearts [03:23.95] [03:27.30]I know I've seen that face somewhere [03:29.49]Big Jim was thinkin' to himself [03:32.18] [03:35.65]Maybe down in Mexico or [03:37.63]A picture up on somebody's shelf [03:41.01] [03:43.00]But then the crowd began to stamp [03:44.93]Their feet and the house lights did dim [03:47.61]And in the darkness of the room [03:49.26]There was only Jim and him [03:51.78]Starin' at the butterfly who [03:53.69]Just drew the Jack of Hearts [03:56.20] [03:59.78]Lily was a princess [04:01.38]She was fair skinned and precious as a child [04:04.72] [04:07.37]She did whatever she had to do [04:09.50]She had that certain flash every time she smiled [04:12.92] [04:15.53]She'd come away from a broken home [04:17.81]Had lots of strange affairs [04:19.50]With men in every walk of life [04:21.48]Which took her everywhere [04:23.39]But she'd never met [04:24.59]Anyone quite like the Jack of Hearts [04:28.51] [04:48.07]The hangin' judge came in unnoticed [04:50.66]And was being wined and dined [04:52.84] [04:55.75]The drillin' in the wall kept up [04:58.03]But no one seemed to pay it any mind [05:01.43] [05:03.82]It was known all around [05:05.58]That Lily had Jim's ring [05:07.90]And nothing would ever come [05:09.78]Between Lily and the king [05:11.53]No nothin' would ever except [05:14.40]Maybe the Jack of Hearts [05:17.15] [05:20.19]Rosemary started drinkin' hard [05:22.08]And seein' her reflection in the knife [05:24.94] [05:27.86]She was tired of the attention [05:29.95]Tired of playin' the role of Big Jim's wife [05:33.74] [05:35.89]She had done a lot of bad things [05:38.08]Even once tried suicide [05:40.34]Was lookin' to do just one [05:42.12]Good deed before she died [05:44.53]She was gazin' to the future [05:46.66]Riding on the Jack of Hearts [05:49.98] [06:04.74]Well Lily watch turf six took [06:07.06]Her dress off and buried it away [06:10.02] [06:13.02]Has your luck run out she laughed at him [06:15.30]Well I guess you must have [06:16.43]Known it would someday [06:18.67] [06:21.20]Be careful not to touch the wall [06:23.17]There's a brand new coat of paint [06:25.14]I'm glad to see you're still alive [06:27.16]You're lookin' like a saint [06:28.82]Down the hallway footsteps [06:30.47]Were comin' for the Jack of Hearts [06:34.04] [06:37.36]The backstage manager was pacing [06:39.95]All around by his chair [06:42.72] [06:45.43]"There's something funny going [06:47.20]On he said [06:48.05]I can just feel it in the air [06:50.95] [06:53.58]He went to get the hangin' judge [06:55.71]But the hangin' judge was drunk [06:57.84]As the leading actor hurried [06:59.41]By in the costume of a monk [07:01.40]There was no actor anywhere [07:03.77]Better than the Jack of Hearts [07:06.39] [07:10.08]No one knew the circumstance [07:12.08]But they say that it happened pretty quick [07:14.65] [07:18.17]The door to the dressing room burst open [07:20.92]And a cold revolver clicked [07:23.72] [07:26.37]And Big Jim was standin' there [07:28.36]Ya couldn't say surprised [07:30.40]Rosemary right beside him [07:32.41]Steady in her eyes [07:34.44]She was with Big Jim [07:35.94]But she was leanin' to the Jack of Hearts [07:39.31] [07:51.24]Two doors down the boys [07:52.51]Finally made it through the wall [07:56.12] [07:58.99]And cleaned out the bank safe [08:00.95]It's said that they got off with quite a haul [08:04.50] [08:07.00]In the darkness by the riverbed [08:09.27]They waited on the ground [08:11.25]For one more member [08:12.60]Who had business back in town [08:14.95]But they couldn't go no further [08:17.27] [08:17.91]Without the Jack of Hearts [08:20.30] [08:23.38]The next day was hangin' day [08:25.62]The sky was overcast and black [08:28.41] [08:32.06]Big Jim lay covered up [08:33.91]Killed by a penknife in the back [08:36.69] [08:39.81]And Rosemary on the gallows [08:41.72]She didn't even blink [08:43.57] [08:44.18]The hangin' judge was sober [08:45.89]He hadn't had a drink [08:47.61]The only person on the scene [08:50.31]Missin' was the Jack of Hearts [08:52.95] [08:56.20]The cabaret was empty now [08:58.43]A sign said Closed for repair [09:01.47] [09:04.86]Lily had already taken [09:06.21]All of the dye out of her hair [09:09.63] [09:12.36]She was thinkin' 'bout her father [09:14.66]Who she very rarely saw [09:16.72] [09:17.27]Thinkin' 'bout Rosemary [09:18.78]And thinkin' about the law [09:21.11]But most of all she was [09:23.15]Thinkin' 'bout the Jack of Hearts