Ryan Bonner and The Dearly Beloved - Marlene McQueen lyrics
rate me<br>
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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