[ti:Lily] [ar:Bill Callahan] [al:YTI⅃AƎЯ] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.10]Lily - Bill Callahan [00:00.20]Composed by:Bill Callahan [00:00.61]I started writing your death song long before you were gone [00:27.82]You could've had a life not under my pen [00:49.27]Eyes turned to ice when pulse was slowed [00:58.62]Ice turned to tears when we drew close [01:14.61]Like the trees that protect the fawn when mother is gone [01:47.02]I wanted to put on your favorite song [01:53.80]A gift still sealed thirty years on [02:13.91]You showed me middle C [02:21.33]And how you wept inside [02:27.84]Crying like a cold apple cries [02:47.83]I held the elevator for your soul [02:56.33]You give your body back when you go [03:13.79]The gurney wheel screamed all down the hall [03:22.25]Just like a seagull screaming down the hall [03:39.39]The medium said you were sticking around halfway [03:47.14]To make sure my boy was okay [04:10.23]Which the roots [04:13.73]Which the tree [04:17.65]Which the pond [04:20.41]Which the lily [04:29.60]Cast them to the wind and ride the wind [04:37.59]Ride the wind ride [04:44.97]Cast them to the wind and ride the wind [04:53.01]With the wind [04:55.73]You'll ride