Lilly

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A modern day Hosea, Woman leaves, he brings her back

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[Genre: country, male vocalist, acoustic guitar, steel guitar, slow tempo, sincere, warm, steady]
[Verse 1]
I watched her pack her bag that night
Saw something in her eyes I couldn't fight
She said she needed more than I could give
She needed room to figure how to live
I didn't yell or beg or make her stay
Just held the door and let her walk away
The kids were sleeping down the hall
I loved her from the start, and love her through it all
[Chorus]
There's nothing you could do to earn it
Nothing you could do to lose it
I loved you then, I love you still
That's all there is down to it
[Verse 2]
The kids would ask me when she's coming back
I'd say I don't know and leave it at that
I kept her picture on the mantle shelf
Kept the porch light on, kept it lit myself
Folks in town would tell me let her go
Find someone who wants to stay, you know?
But that ain't how this ever worked for me
She's my wife, that's all she'll ever be
[Chorus]
There's nothing you could do to earn it
Nothing you could do to lose it
I loved you then, I love you still
That's all there is down to it
[Verse 3]
Got a call she's down in Madisonville
Some bar off the highway past the mill
I left the kids with mama, grabbed my keys
Didn't think about it, didn't need to please
Found her at the counter, couldn't pay her tab
Stuff in a bag, everything she had
She wouldn't look at me, just stared ahead
I paid the man, grabbed her bag and said
"Truck's outside—gonna need a ride?"
[Chorus]
There's nothing you could do to earn it
Nothing you could do to lose it
I loved you then, I love you still
That's all there is down to it
[Verse 4]
I drove us to the ridge above the river
Where I asked her to be mine forever
The kingfishers were diving in the blue
She was waiting for what I would do
No sermon and no lesson and no list
Just the evening air and the two of us
I took her hand like I did way back when
And Lily finally breathed again
[Chorus]
There's nothing you could do to earn it
Nothing you could do to lose it
I loved you then, I love you still
That's all there is down to it
[Outro]
[slower, quieter]
She thinks that I'm the one who saved her life
But I was just loving my wife
That's all I know, that's all I've got
A love that holds whether she wants it or not
[End]

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