Gretchen Peters - Lilies of the field

Billy had a yearning and an ache inside ^F So he bought himself a Harley and he learned to ride ^C Purred just like a baby, low and sweet and true ^F And he aimed it at the place where the blacktop^C turns to blue

Penny was a waitress down in Tupelo ^F They said that she was trouble, I don't really know ^C But something in her spirit touched something in his soul ^F And he took her to his heart and he never^C let her go She said, "^GIf I had an ounce of courage^Am, I would leave this town ^F Life'll get you nowhere '^Gtil they put you in the ground"

But the ^Clilies of the field, they neither reap nor sow I wanna ^Fbuy me a Winnebago and a map of Mexico Go ^Crolling down the highway where life's secrets are revealed ^F Dancing in the wind like the lilies^C of the field ^{F C}

Penny had a secret growing deep inside ^F And she'd never known a man to love another's child ^C Somewhere west of Tucson she just ran out of time ^F So she made a quick decision and she m^Cade him walk the line She said, "^GIf you had an ounce of courage,^Am you would take a stand ^F Don't nobody argue with a ^Gpistol in your hand"

Oh, the ^Clilies of the field, they neither reap nor sow I wanna ^Fbuy me a Winnebago and a map of Mexico Go ^Crolling down the highway where life's secrets are revealed ^F Dancing in the wind like the lilies^C of the field ^{F C F C}

Billy pleaded guilty, ninety-nine to life ^F Penny disappeared into the desert night ^C Then she took his pistol out on Highway 2 ^F And she aimed it at the place where the blacktop^C turns to blue She said, "^GIf you had an ounce of courage,^Am you would leave this town ^F Life'll get you nowhere 't^Gil they put you in the ground"

Oh, the ^Clilies of the field, they neither reap nor sow I wanna ^Fbuy me a Winnebago and a map of Mexico Go ^Crolling down the highway where life's secrets are revealed ^F Dancing in the wind like the lilies^C of the field ^F Like the lilies^C of the field ^{F C}