Pictures of Lily
Pete Townshend / the Who (1967)
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| I used to | wake up in the | morning, |
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| I got so | sick of having | sleepless nights, |
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| I went and told my dad! |
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| He said, " | Son, now here's | some little | something!" |
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| And stuck them on my | wall. |
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| And now my | nights ain't | quite so lonely, |
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| In fact, I don't feel bad at all. |
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| I don't feel bad at all. |
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| Pictures of | Li- | - | ly! | Made my | life so | wonder | ful. |
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| Pictures | of | Li- | - | ly! | Helped me | sleep | at | night. |
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| Pictures of | Lily! | Solved my | childhood | prob | lems. |
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| Pictures of | Li- | - | ly! | Helped me feel al | right. |
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| Pictures of | Li- | ly. | Lily, oh | Li- | ly; | Lily, | oh | Li- | ly. | Pictures | of | Li- | ly! |
And then one day things weren't quite so fine, | |
I fell in love with Lily. | |
I asked my dad where Lily I could find? | |
He said, "Son, now don't be silly!" | |
"She's been dead since nineteen-twenty-nine! | |
Oh, how I cried that night. | |
If only I'd been born in Lily's time, | |
It would have been alright. | |
Pictures of Lily! Made my life so wonderful. | |
Pictures of Lily! Helped me sleep at night. | |
For me and Lily are together in my dreams, | |
And I ask you, "Hey mister, have you ever seen - | |
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