> rather be Lily or Rosemary"

> On Sep 8, 1:00 pm, Rev Carter hotmail.com> wrote:
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>>> And they like to sing a lot about cheatin' and sinnin' and
>>> dysfucntional relationships, over simple cliche chord progressions,
>>> JUST LIKE YOU DOBOB!

>

>>> KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK! KEEP ON PROMOTIN' THAT DYSFUNCTIONBOB! HAVE
>>> ANOTHER DRINK OF FREEMASON LIQUORBOB. MAYBE YOU CAN DO A RADIO SHOW
>>> ABOUT HOW GREAT FREEMASON LIQUOR IS. HOW ABOUT ONE GLORIFYING
>>> GAMBLING, GANGSTERS, MURDERERS AND CASINOS TOO.

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>> 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.

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>> 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.

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>> 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.

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>> 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.

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>> "I know I've seen that face before," 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.

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>> 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.

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>> 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' ever would except maybe the Jack of Hearts.

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>> 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.

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>> Lily washed her face, 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.

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>> 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.

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>> Lily's arms were locked around the man that she dearly loved to touch,
>> She forgot all about the man she couldn't stand who hounded her so
>> much.
>> "I've missed you so," she said to him, and he felt she was sincere,
>> But just beyond the door he felt jealousy and fear.
>> Just another night in the life of the Jack of Hearts.

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>> 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.

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>> 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.

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>> 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.

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>> 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.

>

>> -Rev Carter

>
> That's my favorite one! Or it's in the top 3. I never know if I'd
> rather be Lily or Rosemary