When Lily Was Queen Songtext

LILY PEARL STANDIN' BY THE WOODSTOVE COOKIN' UP A POT OF FATBACK AND BEANS APRONS MADE OUTTA MARTHA WHITE FLOUR SACK THEM WAS THE DAYS WHEN LILY WAS OUEEN THERE'S GONNA BE A FAMILY REUNION DOWN AROUND LITTE RIVER PARK LILY GOT A BRAND NEW BABY THEY SAY JESSE BROWN HAD TO UP AND RUN AWAY IT MIGHT AS WELL RAIN 'CAUSE NOBODY CAME JESSE LEFT SO FAST THE BABY GOT NO NAME LILY PEARL, WHAT'CHA GONNA NAME YOUR BABY ? LILY PEARL, WHAT'CHA GONNA NAME YOUR CHILD? LILY PEARL, THEY SAY HE RUN AWAY AND LEFT YOU CRAZY BUT OOH-OOH YOUR MAN HAD A PRETTY SMILE . LILY PEARL TOLD MOST FOLKS SHE COULD RAISE HER BABY FINE WITHOUT A MAN BUT SHE CRIED AT THE TABLE WITH HER KIN FOLK HER PEOPLE CRIED WITH HER, BUT DID THEY UNDERSTAND ? LILY PEARL STILL STANDIN' BY THE WOODSTOVE TALKIN' TO A POT OF FATBACK AND BEANS TWENTY YEARS LATER, STILL COOKIN' A SPREAD BUT THERE'S NO REUNION 'CAUSE THE FAMILY'S MOST DEAD THEY TOOK HER BABY AT THE AGE OF 13 LEFT HER LIVIN' IN THE DAYS WHEN LILY WAS QUEEN. LILY PEARL, DID YOU EVER NAME YOUR BABY? LILY PEARL, DO YOU EVER MISS YOUR CHILD? LILY PEARL, HIS DADDY RUN AWAY AND LEFT YOU CRAZY BUT OOH-OOH YOUR MAN HAD A PRETTY SMILE. LILY PEARL, YOU NEVER GONNA KNOW YOUR BABY? LILY PEARL, THEY NEVER LET YOU SEE YOUR CHILD LILY PEARL, THEY SAY HE RUN AWAY AND LEFT YOU CRAZY BUT OOH-OOH THAT MAN HAD A PRETTY SMILE.