Ryan Bonner and The Dearly Beloved - Marlene McQueen lyrics

rate me

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The king of this town, he lost his crown<br>

to a drunk at the masquerade ball<br>

to a green-eyed queen that he swore that he’d seen<br>

though he’d never laid eyes on her face<br>

And the jack on the road with nowhere to go <br>

caught a ride down a well beaten path<br>

Got drunk at a bar where he lost his car<br>

and the keys to an old Cadillac<br>

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He said lonely is something that I’ve never tried<br>

but I’m down with the trip if you’re up for the ride<br>

and my ace in the hole, it seems he has died <br>

a slow and lonely death<br>

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Marlene, my queen, I’d die for your scene <br>

but you laugh when I tell you so<br>

A hundred to one there’s no death in your gun<br>

and you point it at me just for show<br>

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These songs are no more than just thoughts on a page<br>

from an insolent writer with well channeled rage<br>

alone in a room with the typewriter blues<br>

and the loneliest look on his face<br>

and the songs that he sings from up on that stage <br>

had the grace of a drunken ballet<br>

For the crowd did not weep, they just sat in their seats<br>

and the band counted off and they played<br>

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Marlene, my queen, I’d die for your scene <br>

but you laugh when I tell you so<br>

A hundred to one there’s no death in your gun<br>

and you point it at me just for show<br>

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Marlene, my queen<br>

What’s your scene<br>

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