Lily grew
up down in Dogwood Valley
Tween Blood Mountain and the Greenbriar Bridge
Apple of the eye of a hard-nosed daddy
Can't be a hard way to live Yeah,
be a hard way to live
Lily met a boy one night by the river Smell
of mountain laurel and love in the air
Laid down for hours among the wildflowers
Went home with one in her hair
Yes, she went home with one in her hair
Lily of the valley in the pale moonlight Faced hellfire at the door
Lily of the valley cried all night But Lily don't cry no more
Daddy wasn't there early next morning Just
an empty hook where the gun always hangs
Like a lightning strike ringing off blood
Mountain Kenny echo of a 12-gauge plane
Lily of the valley in the morning light
Screaming through that old screen door
Lily of the valley had tears in her eyes But Lily don't cry no more
Lily of the valley left a note on her
pillow Tied a short rope to an old sycamore
Lily of the valley was weeping like the willows
But Lily don't cry no more