Dr. Hook - When Lilly Was Queen lyrics

Lilly Pearl standin' by the wood stove Cookin' up a pot of fatback and beans Aprons made outta Martha White flour sack Them was the days when Lilly was queen There's gonna be a family reunion Down around Little River Park Lilly 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 Lilly Pearl, what'cha gonna name your baby? Lilly Pearl, what'cha gonna name your child? Lilly Pearl, they say he run away and left you crazy But ooh ooh your man had a pretty smile Lilly Pearl told most folks She could raise her baby fine without a man But she cried at the table to her kin folk Her people cried with her, but did they understand? Lilly Pearl still standin' by the wood stove Talkin' to a pot of fatback and beans Twenty years later, still cookin' a spread But there's no reunion 'cause the family's mostly dead They took her baby at the age of 13 Left her livin' in the days when Lilly was queen Lilly Pearl, did you ever name your baby? Lilly Pearl, do you ever miss your child? Lilly Pearl, his daddy run away and left you crazy But ooh ooh your man had a pretty smile Lilly Pearl, you never gonna know your baby? Lilly Pearl, they never let you see your child? Lilly Pearl, they say he run away and left you crazy But ooh ooh your man had a pretty smile