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BOB DYLAN

Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts

  folk  singer-songwriter  classic rock  rock  folk rock
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Текст песни BOB DYLAN - Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts

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Текст песни BOB DYLAN - Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts




The festival was over and the boys were all planning for a fallThe cabaret was quiet except for the drilling in the wallThe curfew had been lifted and the gambling wheel shut downAnyone with any sense had already left townHe was standing in the doorway looking 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 headsThen 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 playing five card stud by the stairsLily had two queens she was hoping for a third to match her pairOutside the streets were filling up, the window was open wideA gentle breeze was blowing, you could feel it from insideLily called another bet and drew up the Jack of Hearts.Big Jim was no one's fool, he owned the town's only diamond mineHe made his usual entrance looking so dandy and so fineWith his bodyguards and silver cane and every hair in placeHe took whatever he wanted to and he laid it all to wasteBut his bodyguards and silver cane were no match for the Jack of Hearts.Rosemary combed her hair and took a carriage into townShe slipped in through the side door looking like a queen without a crownShe fluttered her false eyelashes and whispered in his ear"Sorry darling, that I'm late", but he didn't seem to hearHe was starring into space over at the Jack of Hearts."I know I've seen that face somewhere" Big Jim was thinking to himself"Maybe down in Mexico or a picture up on somebodys shelf"But then the crowd began to stamp their feet and the house lights did dimAnd in the darkness of the room there was only Jim and himStarring at the butterfly who just drew the Jack of Hearts.Lily was a princess she was fair-skinned and precious as a childShe did whatever she had to do she had that certain flash every time she smiledShe'd come away from a broken home had lots of strange affairsWith men in every walk of life which took her everywhereBut she's never met anyone quite like the Jack of Hearts.The hanging judge came in unnoticed and was being wined and dinedThe drilling in the wall kept up but no one seemed to pay it any mindIt was known all around that Lily had Jim's ringAnd nothing would ever come between Lily and the kingNo nothing ever would except maybe the Jack of Hearts.Rosemary started drinking hard and seeing her reflection in the knifeShe was tired of the attention tired of playing the role of Big Jim's wifeShe had done a lot of bad things even once tried suicideWas looking to do just one good deed before she diedShe was gazing to the future riding on the Jack of Hearts.Lily took her dress off and buried it away"Has your luck turn out" she laughed at him'. "Well I guess you must have known it would somedayBe careful not to touch the wall there's a brand new coat of paintI'm glad to see you're still alive you're looking like a saint"Down the hallway footsteps were coming 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 hanging judge but the hanging judge was drunkAs the leading actor hurried by in the costume of a monkThere was no actor anywhere better than the Jack of Hearts.No one knew the circumstance, but they say it happened pretty quickThe door to the dressing room burst open a cold revolver clickedAnd big Jim was standing there ya couldn't say surprisedRosemary right beside him steady in her eyesShe was with big Jim but she was leaning to the Jack of Hearts.Two doors down the boys finally made it through the wallAnd cleaned out the bank safe it's said that they got off with quite a haulIn the darkness by the riverbed they waited on the groundFor one more member who had business back in townBut they couldn't go no further without the Jack of Hearts.The next day was hanging day the sky was overcast and blackBig Jim lay covered up killed by a penknife in the backAnd Rosemary on the gallows she didn't even blinkThe hanging judge was sober he hadn't had a drinkThe only person on the scene missing 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 hairShe was thinking about her father who she was rarely sawThinking about Rosemary and thinking about the lawBut most of all she was thinking about the Jack of Hearts.




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