Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts (incomplete) [S.I.R. Studio Rehearsals] artwork

Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts (incomplete) [S.I.R. Studio Rehearsals] Lyrics

Album: The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1975 Live Recordings · 2:21

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Anyhow, one and two-three
Wait for a third to match your hand

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 out 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 her carriage into town
She slipped in through the side door
Lookin' like a queen without a crown
She furled her false eyelashes and she whispered in his ear
"Sorry, darlin', that I'm late," but he didn't seem to hear
He was lookin' over yonder, starin' at the Jack of Hearts

(Okay)
(There's somethin' goin' on)
(I can just feel it in the air)

He went to get the hangin' judge but the hangin' judge was drunk
As a 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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