White Lilies

A boy he loved a girl and the girl she f elt the same they moved into a little house in the town by the fountain he said my love for you is so it will warm us when it 's chilly each and every morning i will bring y ou fresh lilies and time went by and love and happiness came and went the young man travelled for a living and was often away she said i mis s you when your'e gone but don't feel safe when you are here your mind is s traying i can't s tand those nights of booze and beers sometimes there's a coldness in the air yesterdays hope is tomorrow's despair she wanted out he w anted more each and every morning there are lilies by her door trouble took it's toll and the old lovers split up she said although i lo ve you so this madness must stop he went around in the w orld but he missed her more and more and one late night he showed up and knocked on her door she said why do you come here when you know it's not okay there is an air of v agabond about you i can't take away she looked at him and said be gone now you man of the moment even when i w as with you i was always alone sometimes there's a coldness in the air yesterdays hope is tomorrow's despair she wanted out he w anted more each and every morning there are lilies by her door a boy he loved a girl and the girl she f elt the same but love is never easy happiness came and went he travels through the world but sticks to a promise he swore each and every morning there are lilies by the door