BAMBARA - Ben & Lily Lyrics

It was a humid summer of disease, mosquitoes and heat strokes
I was working on an assembly line
Until school started up
And that's where I met Ben, yeah

"I'm a eunuch," Ben said
I was in my prime when they cut me down
Yeah, they were tired of me chasing their daughters
And burning their precious mill to the ground

They got me
When I stole Mr. Beck's Corvette
His yapping shih tzu riding shotgun
Yeah, I parked it in the lake
And learned to swim
Yeah, I was too worn out to run

I met Lily in the Milledgeville Asylum
They fixed her as same as me
Yeah, she's my half-way infernal beauty
They cut us both down like rotten trees
But we were blooming, they said
I broke the shallow story
Just see me when I'm sleeping
It's worse, when I'm tired and alone
Lily smiling, picking bugs off of the altar
And a rose is pulled to bits
Blood-soaked tuxedo

The last time I saw Ben
Blood rolled down the conveyor belt
He was injured bad but still working
Swearing he'd send some guy to help

Ben said
"I don't mind that they shot me
If I'm being honest, I deserved it
But what he did to my sweet Lily
She don't deserve that one bit"
Looking at Ben's eyes I knew he meant it
Then I realized I was a coward
The next day I heard
Those cheap apartments by the river had burned down
A few people died, and Ben was long gone

In my dreams they watch the fire
Twinkle teeth glitter like polished guns
Seen them on the highway
Her toes tapping on a suitcase
In a new Corvette, birds aiming at the sun

Yeah, I'm dreaming on the run
Always driving towards the sun
Yeah always dreaming on the run
Yeah they're driving straight for the burning sun