Lily is the second solo studio album by Australian singer-songwriter Wendy Matthews released by rooArt in Australia on 28 September 1992 (see 1992 in music). Matthews travelled to Canada with her mother for the album to discover their heritage, which influences the album. Matthews states the album "overall, has vulnerability . . . [it is] really heart on your sleeve stuff". The album won Matthews the ARIA Award for Best Female Artist at the ARIA Music Awards of 1993. It yielded four singles: "The Day You Went Away", "Friday's Child", "If Only I Could" and "T.K.O."

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Lily
Studio album by Wendy Matthews
Released	28 September 1992
Recorded	February 1992—March 1992 at Kiva West in Los Angeles and Rhinoceros Studio in Sydney, Australia
Genre	Pop
Label	rooArt
Producer	T-Bone Burnett
Wendy Matthews chronology
The Way It Has to Be (1991) Lily (1992) The Witness Tree (1994)
Singles from Lily
"The Day You Went Away" Released: 31 August 1992 "Friday's Child" Released: 18 January 1993 "If Only I Could" Released: April 1993 "T.K.O." Released: September 1993

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The album reached #2 on the Australian album charts and was certified triple-platinum in Australia.

A limited edition version was later released with a bonus CD, IX, of live tracks. The first five tracks on the bonus disc were recorded live at the Montreux Jazz Festival, July 1993 and the last track is a French version of "The Day You Went Away".

The album was also released in North American and Europe on Atlantic/WEA.

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1. "Friday's Child" (David Munday, Sandy Stewart) – 3:56
2. "Walk Away" (B. Hogan, J. Koller) – 4:04
3. "T.K.O." (Cecil Womack) – 5:20
4. "Mother Can’t Do" (Robbie James) – 4:32
5. "Quiet Art" (W. Matthews, M. O'Connor) – 5:47
6. "The Day You Went Away" (Guy Batson, Jonathon Edward Male) – 4:39
7. "If Only I Could" (Ralf Hamm, Markus Stabb, Sydney Youngblood, Claus Zundel) – 4:39
8. "Homecoming Song" (Robbie James) – 5:01
9. "Face of Appalachia" (Lowell George, John Sebastian) – 5:26
10. "Naming Names" (S. Lynch, P. White) – 4:39
11. "Inexorably Yours" (John Joseph Gordon) – 3:16

Limited edition bonus disc - IX

1. "The Water Is Wide" (Traditional) – 3:57
2. "Square Moon" (K. Govett, G. Stapleton, R. James) – 4:06
3. "Doomsday Lullaby" (Danny Bruce Peck) – 4:26
4. "Going Back to My Roots" (Dozier Lamont Herbert) – 5:26
5. "The Weavers Song" – 1:52
6. "The Day You Went Away (French Version)" (Batson, Jonathon; French lyrics by Wendy Matthews) – 4:35

• Wendy Matthews — vocals
• Jon Farriss — drums, percussion
• Garry Gary Beers — bass
• Booker T. Jones — keyboards
• Robbie James — guitar