Rue de Lis - The Essex Green

It's been too many mornings since the mornings in the sun

The day is neverending 'til the darkness begun

Hearing from the lightman's house upon 43

Sun is breaking dust along the rusty rue de lis

Now he's down the rue de lis

He's down the rue de lis

We walked him down the rue de lis last night

We heard he was a soldier from a muskateer time

Kept all his secrets guarded in wine

Never spend his money not a nickel or a franc

Wouldn't trust his sister any more than the bank

Now he's down the rue de lis

He's down the rue de lis

We walked him down the rue de lis last night

After the procession no one dared to make a sound

Counted all his money and every note they found

Came written an inscription only his hand would have seen

I live my life like my brothers at sea

They're down the rue de lis

They're down the rue de lis

Walked him down the rue de lis last night

Walk down the rue die lis

Down the rue de lis

Walked him down the rue de lis last night