Lilywhite

Album: Mona Bone Jakon (1970)
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  • Back up on the mended road
    I pause
    Taking time to check the dial

    And the Lilywhite
    I never knew her name
    But she'll be passing my way sometime again.

    I raise my hand and touch the wheel
    Of change
    Taking time to check the dial

    Thank the Lilywhite
    I never knew her name
    But she'll be passing my way sometime again.
    But she'll be passing my way sometime again. Writer/s: YUSUF ISLAM
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
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Comments: 3

  • Jimmybonejakon from Slidell, Louisiana UsaI feel that Lilywhite is a dedication to the nurse/nurses who took care of him during his recovery from TB. The line "and the Lilywhite, I never knew her name, she will be passing my way again sometime, again" sounds like his relationship to the nurse who helped save his life.
  • Stu from Suffern, NyYes, the concept of "the road" is one that appears in several of Cat's songs. How fitting that in a true return to his original folky introspective style (now as Yusuf and some 30+ years later!), he chose to call his latest release "Road-singer".
  • Stegha from Alger, Algeriatoute la profondeur de cet être est presque dans deux chansons 01 - lilly white 02 - trouble .
    le violon dans cette chanson lilly white .........c'est fort . cette ccomplainte de trouble ..............c'est du nectar
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