《Lily， Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts(Live)》歌词

歌曲： Lily， Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts(Live)

所属专辑：The Complete A&M Recordings

歌手： Joan Baez

时长： 08:45

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Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts (Live) - Joan Baez (琼·贝兹)[00:00:00]

The festival was over and the boys[00:00:06]

Were all planning for a fall[00:00:21]

The cabaret was quiet except[00:00:25]

For the drilling in the wall[00:00:27]

The curfew had been lifted and[00:00:32]

The gambling wheel shut down[00:00:34]

Anyone with any sense had[00:00:37]

Already left town[00:00:39]

He was standing in the doorway[00:00:40]

Looking like the Jack of Hearts[00:00:43]

He moved across the mirrored room [00:00:50]

"Set em up for everyone" he said[00:00:52]

Then everyone commenced to do what[00:00:56]

They've been doin' before[00:00:59]

He moved their heads[00:01:01]

He walked up to a stranger[00:01:03]

And he asked him with a grin[00:01:05]

Would you kindly tell me Mister [00:01:08]

What time the show begins [00:01:10]

He moved into the corner [00:01:12]

Face down like the Jack of Hearts[00:01:14]

Backstage the girls were[00:01:21]

Playin' five-card stud by the stairs[00:01:23]

Lily had two queens and she[00:01:28]

Was hopin' for a third to match her pair[00:01:30]

Outside the streets were fillin' up[00:01:34]

And the window was open wide[00:01:37]

The gentle breeze was blowin' [00:01:39]

You could feel it from inside[00:01:41]

Lily called another bet and drew[00:01:43]

Up the Jack of Hearts[00:01:46]

Big Jim was no one's fool[00:01:53]

He owned the town's only diamond mine[00:01:55]

He made his usual entrance lookin' oh[00:01:59]

So dandy and so fine[00:02:02]

With his bodyguards and his[00:02:06]

Silver cane and every hair in place[00:02:08]

He took whatever he wanted to[00:02:10]

And he laid it all to waste[00:02:13]

But his bodyguards and his silver cane[00:02:15]

They were no match for the Jack of Hearts[00:02:17]

Rosemary combed her hair[00:02:24]

And took a carriage into town[00:02:26]

She slipped in through the side[00:02:30]

Door lookin' like a queen without a crown[00:02:32]

She fluttered her false eyelashes[00:02:37]

And whispered in his ear[00:02:40]

"I'm sorry darlin' that I'm late" [00:02:42]

But he didn't seem to hear[00:02:44]

He was staring into space[00:02:46]

Over at the Jack of Hearts[00:02:47]

Well I know I've seen that face somewhere[00:02:55]

Big Jim was thinkin' to himself[00:02:58]

Maybe down in Mexico or[00:03:02]

A picture up on somebody's shelf[00:03:04]

But then the crowd began[00:03:08]

To stamp their feet[00:03:10]

And the house lights did dim[00:03:11]

And in the darkness of the[00:03:13]

Room there was only Jim and him[00:03:15]

Starin' at the butterfly who just[00:03:17]

Drew up the Jack of Hearts[00:03:20]

Lily was a princess she was[00:03:26]

Fair-skinned and precious as a child[00:03:29]

She had that certain something[00:03:33]

It was a kind of a flash every time she smiled[00:03:35]

She'd come away from a broken home[00:03:39]

Had lots of strange affairs[00:03:42]

With men in every walk of life who[00:03:44]

Took her everywhere[00:03:47]

But she'd never met anyone quite[00:03:48]

Like the Jack of Hearts[00:03:51]

The hangin' judge came in unnoticed[00:03:58]

And was being wined and dined[00:04:00]

The drilling in the wall kept up[00:04:04]

But no one seemed to pay it any mind[00:04:07]

It was known all around that Lily had Jim's ring[00:04:10]

And nothin could ever come between Lily and the king[00:04:15]

No nothing ever could except[00:04:20]

Maybe the Jack of Hearts[00:04:22]

Rosemary started drinkin' hard[00:04:29]

And seein' her reflection in the knife[00:04:31]

She was tired of the attention [00:04:35]

Tired of playin' the role of Big Jim's wife[00:04:38]

She'd done a lot of bad things[00:04:42]

Even once tried suicide[00:04:44]

Was lookin' to do just one good[00:04:46]

Deed before she died[00:04:48]

She was gazin' to the future riding[00:04:50]

On the Jack of Hearts[00:04:54]

Lily took her dress off buried it away[00:05:00]

"Has your luck run out" she laughed at him[00:05:06]

"I guess you must've known it would someday[00:05:09]

Be careful not to touch the wall [00:05:13]

There's a brand-new coat of paint[00:05:15]

I'm glad to see you're still alive[00:05:17]

And you're lookin' like a saint"[00:05:20]

Down the hallway footsteps were[00:05:22]

Comin' for the Jack of Hearts[00:05:24]

The backstage manager was pacing[00:05:31]

All around by his chair[00:05:34]

"There's something funny goin' on [00:05:37]

I know I can just feel it in the air"[00:05:39]

He went to get the hangin' judge[00:05:44]

But the hangin' judge was drunk[00:05:47]

And the leading actor hurried by[00:05:49]

In the costume of a monk[00:05:51]

But there was no actor anywhere[00:05:53]

Better than the Jack of Hearts[00:05:56]

Lily had her arms around the man[00:06:02]

That she dearly loved to touch[00:06:05]

She forgot all about the man she hated[00:06:08]

Who hounded her so much[00:06:11]

"I've missed you so" she said to[00:06:15]

Him and he thought she was sincere[00:06:17]

But in the hallway he felt jealousy and fear[00:06:20]

Just another night in the life of the Jack of Hearts[00:06:24]

Well no one knew the circumstance[00:06:33]

But they say it happened pretty quick[00:06:35]

The door to the dressing room[00:06:40]

Burst open and a cold revolver clicked[00:06:42]

And Big Jim was standin' there[00:06:46]

You couldn't say surprised[00:06:49]

Rosemary right beside him [00:06:51]

Steady in her eyes[00:06:52]

She was with Big Jim but she was[00:06:55]

Leanin' to the Jack of Hearts[00:06:58]

Two doors down and the boys finally[00:07:04]

Made it through the wall[00:07:08]

Cleaned out the bank safe it's said[00:07:11]

That they got off with quite a haul[00:07:14]

And in the darkness of the riverbed [00:07:17]

They waited on the ground[00:07:19]

For one more member who had[00:07:22]

Business back in town[00:07:24]

But they couldn't go no further[00:07:26]

Without the Jack of Hearts[00:07:28]

Well the next day was hangin' day[00:07:35]

And the sky was overcast and black[00:07:38]

Big Jim lay covered up killed by a[00:07:42]

Penknife in the back[00:07:45]

And Rosemary on the gallows boy [00:07:48]

She didn't even blink[00:07:51]

And the hangin' judge was sober [00:07:53]

Lord he hadn't had a drink[00:07:55]

And the only person on the scene[00:07:57]

Missing was the Jack of Hearts[00:08:00]

Well the cabaret was quiet now and[00:08:05]

A sign said 'Closed for repair'[00:08:08]

Lily had already taken all of the[00:08:13]

Dye out of her hair[00:08:17]

She was thinkin' 'bout her father[00:08:19]

Whom she very rarely saw[00:08:22]

Thinkin' about Rosemary and[00:08:24]

Thinkin' about the law[00:08:27]

But most of all she was thinkin' about[00:08:28]

The Jack of Hearts[00:08:32]