Lyric Lilah

Lilah


Like every young man, I had some things that I
wanted to say
Ere I could begin, you know the world got
in my way

Oh Lilah, to sleep like a baby
To open the window and feel the fair wind
Oh Lilah, to sleep like a baby again
We spend so much time weeping and wailing and
shaking our fists
Creating enemies that really don t exist

Oh Lilah, to sleep like a baby-
To open the window and feel the fair wind
Oh Lilah, to sleep like a baby again All these comings and goings that cut like a knife
These small, simple pleasures that make up a life
A man needs a home, and a child, and a wife
to always be there-always

After I m gone, there are some things that I know
I will miss
The taste of your mouth; the smell of the perfume
on your wrist
Oh, Lilah, the fields lie fallow
Whate r ye sow, so shall ye reap
The river s still shallow
But the riverbank is dark and deep
Oh Lilah, the fields lie fallow
Whate r ye sow, so shall ye reap
Oh Lilah, this ground be hallow
Is ours to tend, but not to keep

Toodle-loo de-loo Lilah
Toodle-loo de-loo de-lay
Now, while all the streets are silent
Take my hand and come away
Toodle-loo de-loo Lilah
Toodle-loo de-loo de-lay