时间：2011-08-09
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Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts - Mary Lee's Corvette
The festival was over
The boys were all plannin' for a fall
The cabaret was quiet except
For the drillin' in the wall
The curfew had been lifted
And the gamblin' wheel shut down
Anyone with any sense had already left town
He was standin' in the doorway
Lookin' like the Jack of Hearts
He moved across the mirrored room
Set it up for everyone he said
Then everyone commenced to do what
They were doin' before he turned their heads
Then he walked up to a stranger
And he asked him with a grin
Could you kindly tell me friend
What time the show begins
Then he moved into the corner
Face down like the Jack of Hearts
Backstage the girls were
Playin' five card stud by the stairs
Lily had two queens
She was hopin' for a third to match her pair
Outside the streets were fillin' up
The window was open wide
A gentle breeze was blowin'
You could feel it from inside
Lily called another bet
And drew up the Jack of Hearts
Well big Jim was no one's fool
He owned the town's only diamond mine
He made his usual entrance lookin'
So dandy and so fine
With his bodyguards
And silver cane and every hair in place
He took whatever he wanted to
And he laid it all to waste
But his bodyguards and silver
Cane were no match for the Jack of Hearts
Rosemary combed her hair
And took a carriage into town
She slipped in through the side door
Lookin' like a queen without a crown
She fluttered her false eyelashes
And whispered in his ear
Sorry darlin' that I'm late
But he didn't seem to hear
He was starin' into space over
At the Jack of Hearts
I know I've seen that face somewhere
Big Jim was thinkin' to himself
Maybe down in Mexico or
A picture up on somebody's shelf
But then the crowd began to stamp
Their feet and the house lights did dim
And in the darkness of the room
There was only Jim and him
Starin' at the butterfly who
Just drew the Jack of Hearts
Lily was a princess
She was fair skinned and precious as a child
She did whatever she had to do
She had that certain flash every time she smiled
She'd come away from a broken home
Had lots of strange affairs
With men in every walk of life
Which took her everywhere
But she'd never met
Anyone quite like the Jack of Hearts
The hangin' judge came in unnoticed
And was being wined and dined
The drillin' in the wall kept up
But no one seemed to pay it any mind
It was known all around
That Lily had Jim's ring
And nothing would ever come
Between Lily and the king
No nothin' would ever except
Maybe the Jack of Hearts
Rosemary started drinkin' hard
And seein' her reflection in the knife
She was tired of the attention
Tired of playin' the role of Big Jim's wife
She had done a lot of bad things
Even once tried suicide
Was lookin' to do just one
Good deed before she died
She was gazin' to the future
Riding on the Jack of Hearts
Well Lily watch turf six took
Her dress off and buried it away
Has your luck run out she laughed at him
Well I guess you must have
Known it would someday
Be careful not to touch the wall
There's a brand new coat of paint
I'm glad to see you're still alive
You're lookin' like a saint
Down the hallway footsteps
Were comin' for the Jack of Hearts
The backstage manager was pacing
All around by his chair
"There's something funny going
On he said
I can just feel it in the air
He went to get the hangin' judge
But the hangin' judge was drunk
As the leading actor hurried
By in the costume of a monk
There was no actor anywhere
Better than the Jack of Hearts
No one knew the circumstance
But they say that it happened pretty quick
The door to the dressing room burst open
And a cold revolver clicked
And Big Jim was standin' there
Ya couldn't say surprised
Rosemary right beside him
Steady in her eyes
She was with Big Jim
But she was leanin' to the Jack of Hearts
Two doors down the boys
Finally made it through the wall
And cleaned out the bank safe
It's said that they got off with quite a haul
In the darkness by the riverbed
They waited on the ground
For one more member
Who had business back in town
But they couldn't go no further
Without the Jack of Hearts
The next day was hangin' day
The sky was overcast and black
Big Jim lay covered up
Killed by a penknife in the back
And Rosemary on the gallows
She didn't even blink
The hangin' judge was sober
He hadn't had a drink
The only person on the scene
Missin' was the Jack of Hearts
The cabaret was empty now
A sign said Closed for repair
Lily had already taken
All of the dye out of her hair
She was thinkin' 'bout her father
Who she very rarely saw
Thinkin' 'bout Rosemary
And thinkin' about the law
But most of all she was
Thinkin' 'bout the Jack of Hearts
