Here come a song about star crossed lovers Named Lily and Tres Two kids in the barrio Via east LA Lily always looked at him like a brother 'Til one day something changed He started acting all moonstruck You know the movie with young Nick Cage Well one love was the song she played In her bedroom when she took him all the way With a Princess Bride poster on the wall And her parents at the end of the hall "Not even death can stop true love It only delays it for a while" "I get crushes sometimes But none of them ever lasted I miss you all the time And I'm smoking on your ashes Baby you and I are soul mates From the same place That doesn't happen every day" Lily always knew that she wanted his baby And they tried and tried Even through all the chemo Oh my my She caught a feeling that she remembered In her father's Dodger blue Laying on his lap looking up at the man He turned into Well young love is life and death And that's what it was 'til his very last breath And a light flashed above the bed With the rest of her life ahead "Not even death can stop true love It only delays it for a while" "I get crushes sometimes But none of them ever lasted I miss you all the time And I'm smoking on your ashes Baby you and I are soul mates From the same place That doesn't happen every day" This is the story 'bout star crossed lovers Named Lily and Tres Cupid hit the bullseye Somewhere in east LA