Gilly Hines (In Memory of Natalie Cerame)

Lyrics

Was a rough life in the city Little Gilly Was a rough life in the city Little Gilly Ewww-Ewww-Ewwww Ewww-Ewww-Ewwww Was a rough life in the city Little Gilly Once upon a time There lived a boy named Gilly Hines A lonely soul He ain't never, never had a home Had a bed made of rocks and stone And for soup, he owned a boat, Yeah Little 'ole Gilly Hines Hit the road when he was nine To find a better way But he only knew to tag along The fortune standing wrong And hе was put in jail that year Well, Well, Wеll Don't cry, Gilly Hines Leave the past life, behind Look to the future If you find a little life in crime Ooooo-oooo The bottle saw him through And the whole in the life he ever knew Was Harlem's way Before a young man to survive To the age of twenty-five Can't kill nothin' Own nothin' Die yet, ooo I saw him last in Atlanta He read the right hand And he rocked and rolled bam And when I asked him what he played He just shortly looked away, ahh yeah He**, He was a friend of mine Well, Well, Well Baby, Gilly Hines You make a past life, behind Down to zero You do you do we fine Yeah, and on his face He wore a smile, who Yea, She came into his life Glowin' [?], Golden ice, Git her Nothin so And in the name of the Lord A baby son is born He was a happy baby But as time As time went on Gilly drifted further away from home And then one summer evening in July He flirted with another woman, ahh Gilly why, yeah That night in a stir On the way to a [?] And the baby to cry In the fear of passion She rushed up to the bed And put a gun to his head Gilly Hines was dead Yeah, Yeah Gilly, Gilly Hines [?] [?] the past life behind He finally found peace Peace of mind Farewell Gilly Hines [?] [?] the past life behind It seemed like he finally found A peace of mind Yeah Farewell Gilly Hines You let the past life behind Farewell Gilly Hines You let your past life behind Well you finally found Your peace of mind Gilly Well, farewell Farewell, farewell, farewell Farewell Gilly Hines [Chorus] Finally found, peace of mind Finally found, peace of mind [singer] Hmmmm [Chorus] Finally found, peace of mind [singer] Finally found Yeah, Oooh [Chorus] Finally found, peace of mind Finally found, peace of mind