Frank Turner - Long Live The Queen lyrics

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I was sipping on a Whiskey when I got the call<br />

Yeah my friend Lex was lying in the hospital<br />

She'd been pretty sick for about half a year<br />

But it seems liked this time the end was drawing near<br />

So dropped my plans and jumped the next London train<br />

I found her laid up and in a lot of pain<br />

Her eyes met mine and then I understood<br />

That her weather forecast wasn't looking too good<br />

So I sat and spun her stories for a little while<br />

Tried to raise her mood and tried to raise a smile<br />

But she silenced all my rambling with a shake of her head<br />

Drew me close and listen this is what she said now<br />

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"You'll live to dance another day, <br />

It's just now you'll have to dance, for the two of us, <br />

So stop looking so damn depressed<br />

And sing with all your heart that the Queen is dead"<br />

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Yeah she told me she was sick of all the hospital food<br />

And of doctors, distant relatives, draining her blood<br />

She said "I know I'm dying, but I'm not finished just yet, <br />

I am dying for a drink and for a cigarette"<br />

So we hatched a plan to book ourselves a cheap hotel<br />

In the centre of the City and to raise some Hell<br />

They waste to all the clubs and then when everyone else is long asleep<br />

We know we're good and done<br />

<br />

"You'll live to dance another day, <br />

It's just now you'll have to dance, for the two of us, <br />

So stop looking so damn depressed<br />

And sing with all your heart that the Queen is dead"<br />

And South London's not the same anymore<br />

The Queen is dead, and the last of the great has finally gone to bed<br />

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Well I was working on some words when Sarah called me up<br />

She said that Lex had gone asleep and wasn't waking up<br />

And even though I knew that there was nothing to be done<br />

I felt bad for not being there and now, well, she was gone<br />

So I tried to think what Lex would want me to do<br />

At times like this when I was feeling blue<br />

So I gathered up some friends to spread the sad sad news<br />

And we headed to the City for a drink or two<br />

And we sang<br />

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"We live to dance another day, <br />

It's just now we have to dance for one more of us, <br />

So stop looking so damn depressed, <br />

And sing with all our hearts, long live the Queen"