Holly - Smokey Robinson

Holly made the rules

She laid down all the laws

Then broke the ones she made

Most folks would be afraid

To play the games that Holly played

When she was seventeen

She ran away from home

As fast as she could run

Said home was just no fun

There was an awful lot of doing to be done

Holly on a cloud in the sky

Way above the crowd flying high, ooh-ooh…

Holly on a cloud in the sky, yeah

Way above the crowd flying high

Holly made the scene

She’s gone to every place

She never should have been

Oh, but she was hanging in

Couldn’t tell her nothing then, no

Strangers in the night

Have paid a handsome price

To sleep in Holly’s bed

She couldn’t see that far ahead

To know that she’d become

One of the living dead

Holly on a cloud in the sky, ooh-ooh…

Way above the crowd flying high, ooh-ooh…

Ooh-ooh-ooh…

Holly was confused

She did some things

That even she could no explain

Oh, but now she’s so in pain

The devil running through her veins

Holly on a cloud in the sky, ooh-ooh…

Way above the crowd flying high

How could Holly make such a great mistake

To take that she could beat the rap

In just one fling, it never happened

Holly on a cloud in the sky, ooh, Holly

Way above the crowd flying high

Ooh-ooh-ooh…

Holly on a cloud in the sky

Ooh, life is passing by, yeah

Way above the crowd flying high

Ooh, life is passing by…