Lusty Lady

"Lusty lady just died"

That's all the papers said

But they knew her story, heard their cry

And build a monument instead

Lusty lady in a smoke-filled room

Trying to raise a stranger's child

He told her that he'd be comin' home soon, so soon

But his youthful urges drove him wild, yes sir

Lusty, lusty lady, she was paid, yeah

By all her so-called friends, yeah

They wouldn't help her with things below, no

She hung her scarlet lamp outside her door, Lordy, yeah

"Lusty, lusty lady just died"

That's all the papers said (That's all they said, yeah)

They knew her story, hear their cry

And build a monument instead, instead, instead, oh

Lusty lady

Yeah

Many, many times we're on the run, run

Mama moved there just to hide (Just to hide)

All the strangers that took my place

As she took off her towel of pride, pride, Lord, Lord, Lord

Lusty, lusty lady, I hope you can hear

I told the truth about your life, yeah

Lordy, sweet lady, I want you to know

I'm gonna love ya till I die, well, well

"Lusty, lusty lady just died", yeah, died

That's all the papers said (That's all they said, yeah)