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Lily Sweet

For years she has waited for this day you didn't have much to say but I guess it's better that way anyways she says she would write but they knew she was glad to be getting out of here and she did not shed one single tear he took her hand and said don't be afraid now hence forth our wedding day And now the Angel has earned her wings don't you know a heart has to follow its dreams, in the shadow of an older man and a set of golden rings oh lily of the valley, sunshine over a mountain spring, finding herself following her dreams and the Angel has found her wings... And with child he holds her and tells her LILY SWEET I know you will make a good mother she say for the first time in my life I truly feel alive and then after another five the light of love still shines bright in her eyes And now the Angel has earned her wings don't you know a heart has to follow its dreams, in the shadow of an older man and a set of golden rings oh lily of the valley, sunshine over a mountain spring, finding herself following her dreams and the Angel has found her wings... but time and child birth and the Spanish influenza took its toll on her little body and six months after her new born Heaven set her spirit free, but she held on just long enough to kiss them all goodbye, then she quietly died, it was the first time he ever cried and now the Angel has really earned her wings in the valley of the lily, LILY SWEET in the valley of the lily!

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