Pretty Polly

verse 1 Polly was girl not yet sixteen I met her by the lake in the fall Our love unfurled like a warm, sick dream It's a shame I had to go and waste it all verse 2 When we were together everything was alright We shared everything we could share Easy like a feather till that one midnight When she hit me with that under my spell and I couldn't let her go For the child that she would bear My arms were turning into rope Pre-Chorus I couldn't let her go I couldn't let her stay I buried pretty Polly in a poor, pathetic grave Now she lay, she lay, she lay, she lay, she lay lay Ah, she lay, she lay, she lay, she lay, she lay lay verse 3 Stranded in the Tivoli parking lot No gas, no money, no love Promised to a promise that I wouldn't get caught But the dark sky handed me a gun and I couldn't let it go All the beauty up above I could never control I couldn't let her go Pre-Chorus I couldn't let her go I couldn't let her stay I placed pretty Polly in a poor, pathetic grave And then she lay, she lay, she lay, she lay, she lay lay Ah, she lay, she lay, she lay, she lay, she lay lay Bridge I couldn't let her go I couldn't let her stay I ran like hell I ran a-way I ran like hell From that hell that I made From the mouth of babes The mouth of the babes Poor pretty Polly The wolf and the prey And then she lay, she lay, she lay, she lay, she lay lay Ah, she lay, she lay, she lay, she lay, she lay lay Ah, she lay, she lay, she lay, she lay, she lay She lay, she lay, she lay, she lay, she lay She lay, she lay, she lay, she lay, she lay, she lay Outro