Kudzu Wild

[Verse 1]

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

[Verse 2]

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

[Chorus]

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

[Verse 3]

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

[Verse 4]

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

[Chorus]

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

[Outro]

Oh, Lilly, she was a beautiful thing