Lyrics Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts.lrc Ryan Adams
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[ar: Ryan Adams]
[al: Blood on the Tracks]
[ti: Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts]
[length: 10:30]
[00:04.72]The festival was over, the boys were plannin’ for a fall
[00:12.68]The cabaret was quiet except for the drillin’ in the wall
[00:20.27]Curfew had been lifted and the gamblin’ wheel shut down
[00:25.64]And anyone with any sense had already left town
[00:30.36]He was standin’ in the doorway like the Jack of Hearts
[00:41.15]He moved across the mirrored room, “Set it up for everyone,” he said
[00:48.94]And everyone commenced to do what they were doin’ before, and they had turned their heads
[00:56.00]Then he walked up to a stranger and he asked him with a grin
[01:01.56]”Could you kindly tell me, friend, what time the show begins?”
[01:06.31]Then he moved into the corner, face down like the Jack of Hearts
[01:16.97]Backstage, the girls were playin’ five-card stud by the stairs
[01:24.93]Lily had two queens, she was hopin’ for a third to match her pair
[01:32.28]Outside the streets were fillin’ up, the window was open wide
[01:37.61]A gentle breeze was blowin’, you could feel it from inside
[01:42.64]Lily called another bet and drew up the Jack of Hearts
[01:52.82]Big Jim was no one’s fool, he owned the town’s only diamond mine
[02:00.81]He made his usual entrance lookin’ so dandy and so fine
[02:08.66]With his bodyguards and silver cane and every hair in place
[02:13.66]He took whatever he wanted, and he laid it all to waste
[02:18.55]But his bodyguards and his silver cane, they were no match for the Jack of Hearts
[02:29.21]Rosemary combed her hair and took a carriage into town
[02:37.07]She slipped in through the side door, lookin’ like a queen without a crown
[02:44.92]She fluttered her false eyelashes and whispered in his ear
[02:49.99]”Sorry, darlin’, that I’m late,” but he didn’t seem to hear
[02:54.63]He was starin’ into space over at the Jack of Hearts
[03:05.42]”I know I’ve seen that face before, Big Jim was thinkin’ to himself
[03:13.37]Maybe down in Mexico or a picture up on somebody’s shelf”
[03:20.99]But then the crowd began to stamp their feet and the house lights did dim
[03:25.80]And the darkness of the room, there was only Jim and him
[03:30.91]Starin’ at the butterfly who just drew the Jack of Hearts
[03:41.42]Lily was a princess, she was fair-skinned and a precious child
[03:49.42]She did whatever she had to, she had that certain flash every time she smiled
[03:56.80]She’d come away from a broken home, had lots of strange affairs
[04:02.09]With men in every walk of life which took her everywhere
[04:06.86]But she never met anyone quite like the Jack of Hearts
[04:17.86]The hangin’ judge came in unnoticed and was being wined and dined
[04:25.54]The drillin’ in the wall kept up, but no one seemed to pay it any mind
[04:32.81]It was known all ’round town that Lily had Jim’s ring
[04:38.57]And nothin’ would never come between Lily and the king
[04:43.31]No, nothin’ ever would except maybe the Jack of Hearts
[04:53.52]Rosemary started drinkin’ hard and seein’ her reflection in the knife
[05:01.34]She was tired of the attention, tired of playin’ the role of Big Jim’s wife
[05:08.94]She had done a lot of bad things, even once tried suicide
[05:14.12]She was lookin’ to do just one good deed, you know, before she died
[05:19.25]She was gazin’ to the future, ridin’ on the Jack of Hearts
[05:30.18]Lily washed her face and took her dress off and buried it away
[05:37.83]”Has your luck run out?”, she laughed at him
[05:41.36]”Well, I guess you must have known it would someday
[05:45.35]Be careful not to touch the wall, there’s a brand-new coat of paint
[05:50.49]I’m glad to see you’re still alive, you’re lookin’ like a saint”
[05:55.42]Down the hallway, footsteps were comin’ for the Jack of Hearts
[06:05.96]Backstage manager was pacin’ all around his chair
[06:13.77]”There’s something funny going on,” he said, “I can just feel it in the air”
[06:21.35]Went to get a hangin’ judge, but the judge was drunk
[06:26.56]As the leadin’ actor hurried by the costume of a monk
[06:31.80]There was no actor anywhere better than the Jack of Hearts
[06:42.17]Lily’s arms are locked around the man that she dearly loved to touch
[06:49.43]She forgot about the man she couldn’t stand, who hounded her so much
[06:57.50]”I missed you so” she said to him, and felt she was sincere
[07:02.67]But just beyond the door he felt jealousy and fear
[07:07.65]Just another night in the life of the Jack of Hearts
[07:18.02]No one knew the circumstance but they said that it happened pretty quick
[07:25.80]The door to the dressing room burst open and a Colt revolver clicked
[07:33.55]And Big Jim was standin’ there, you could say he was surprised
[07:38.71]Rosemary beside him, steady in her eyes
[07:43.87]She was with Big Jim, but he was leanin’ to the Jack of Hearts
[07:54.51]Two doors down, the boys finally made it through the wall
[08:02.36]And cleaned out the bank safe and said they got off with quite a haul
[08:09.88]In the darkness by the riverbed they waited on the ground
[08:15.09]For one more member who had business there somewhere back in town
[08:19.97]But they couldn’t go no further without the Jack of Hearts
[08:30.30]The next day was hangin’ day and the sky was overcast and black
[08:38.34]Big Jim lay covered up, killed by a pen knife in the back
[08:45.71]And Rosemary on the gallows, but she didn’t even blink
[08:50.91]The hangin’ judge was sober, he hadn’t had a drink
[08:56.28]The only person on the scene missin’ was the Jack of Hearts
[09:06.41]The cabaret was empty now, a sign said, “Closed for repair”
[09:14.55]Lily had already taken all of the dye out of her hair
[09:21.95]She was thinkin’ about her father, who she very rarely saw
[09:27.06]Thinkin’ about Rosemary, thinkin’ about the law
[09:32.35]But most of much, she was thinkin’ about the Jack of Hearts
[09:38.28]Year of Release: 2022