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
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