Kudzu Wild

(album: Kudzu Wild - 2023)

Oh, Lilly
She was a beautiful thing
The kind of beauty you only see once
And the kind of beauty to blind like the sun

Oh, Lilly
She was always young
The kind of youth you only feel once
Thirty six and a half laps around the sun

Oh, me
I was the uglier kind
The kind to only ever catch a blue moon stare
And the kind to never even have the mind to care

Oh, me
See, I was always old
The kind of life where you were never a child
Never really once free but kudzu wild

She said you're taking yourself too seriously
And that's a big talk coming from the beauty queen
She laughed real quick and with a slap in the face
Said life's not a joke, it's a goddamn maze

Oh, Lilly
She was one with the words
They were the kind you'd need to hear but they were always late
Yeah she'd read you like a book and then she'd throw you away

Oh, Lilly
She was clever as hell
The turn of a phrase came easy for her
She was in love with all the ways you could abuse a word

Oh, me
I wasn't alright
I ran too fast, too far, too long
Ran right out of my head and into a song

Oh, me
Down at the end of my rope
Lilly showed up just to cut me down
Said now what would you do if I ever left town

She said you're taking yourself too seriously
And that's a big talk coming from the beauty queen
She laughed real quick and with a slap in the face
Said life's not a game, it's a goddamn maze

Oh, Lilly
She was a beautiful thing