Lily of the Nile

I hitched a ride with the bride last night

Her left hand adorn and I almost died

Thinking how we'd tower

I stepped on her bike and your grandmother cried

How my heart ran off with Lily in her eyes

If the milk don't spill, the drip don't sour

And they know everywhere we've been

'Cause they keep on clicking on TV screen

Going scene to seen, but the phone don't ring

Can you count the steps of a heart on the race?

I dance a lil' slowly so you'll catch my pace

My dress is still slipping, my face is still made

But you were the one who could take it away (Hey)

Cloud, the wave that drowned

Won't be back to catch another smile

Knock the choir free of sound

Singing "Lily of the Nile"

Know you weren't the kind to leave my side

But you followed doubt and I followed pride

It wasn't wrong, but it wasn't right for me

We weren't the kind to dress up clean

But I bought a shirt and you bought a ring

It wasn't wrong, but it wasn't right for me (Hey)

Cloud, the wave that drowned

Won't be back to catch another smile

Knock the choir free of sound

Singing "Lily of the Nile"

"Lily of the Nile"

Oh, "Lily of the Nile"

I almost lost my out

But I'll never cheat a winner

I'd run a grin a mile high

Passing the house, missing the dinner

But don't make the baby cry

Oh, my sweet Lily of the Nile

(Can you count the steps of a heart on the race?)

(I dance a lil' slowly so you'll catch my pace)

We go driving and I'm in the side car

I never knew love like this

Nothing's wasted and time catches up like a dream

You keep remembering by God it exists

Though nothing without light

And I tried to school the cloud

But there was no more sun in my mouth

So I hold on big for you

Sticky like taffy, inching in like a warm slip in the wind 'cause

You know how the universe is