Billy Kemp - Lillian and the Blue Car Lyrics

She had two sisters one was younger and one was older
She married Charlie but war was coming and nobody told her
They had one year together of loving and no care
Then Charlie went away and never came back to her

She never remarried she took a job down near the shipyard
Binding books on a factory line she was kind and always worked hard
Younger sister had a baby older sister she did too
Lillian became Aunt Lil not just one nephew but two

She bought a row house in the county just across the city line
She kept a garden it brought her color made her feel a little bit fine
Went to church on every Sunday the only time she'd drive her car
Took the bus to work each work day she never went far from home

In her blue car
In her blue car

She liked her hard candy Rheb's candy store was just a half a mile away from her
She'd walk down there on Fridays get a bag of sweets and bring 'em on home with her
Watched her TV in the evenings sitting on her day bed
She ate so many sweets she had every tooth pulled out of her head

She watched the nephews grow up she had a drawer with sets of teeth that never fit just right
She kept her cash beneath her mattress and on birthday cards
She never spelled your name right
She got a dog when she turned eighty a little dog Bebe a Shih Tzo
They were always seen together walking down Elmridge Avenue

She died when she turned eighty two and Bebe died the very next day after her
She was laid out at Witzke's Funeral Home her teeth they finally fit
And Bebe was buried with her
Her home smelled of the old days when I would visit her at Christmas time
I'm nephew number two and now her blue car is mine