Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts (Take 1) - Bob Dylan
Lyrics by：Bob Dylan
Composed by：Bob Dylan
The festival was over
The boys were all plannin' for a fall
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 open wide
A gentle breeze was blowin'
You could feel it from inside
Lily called another bet and drew up the Jack of hearts
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
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 some were
Big Jim was thinkin' to himself
Maybe down in Mexico or a picture up on somebody's shelf
Let then the house leg's give d**m now
