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QUEEN MERKA & ME Words and Music by Janis Ian OH THE PRETTY LITTLE GIRL, ON EASTER'S DAY BY A BRIGHT CENTER FOUNTAIN, CONSENTED TO PLAY HELD AN EASTER STAR, VERY CLOSE TO HER HEART STEPPING BACK FROM THE FOUNTAIN SO AS NOT TO BE HARMED BY THE SPRAY THERE SHE DID PLAY TOLD HER TOY RABBIT TO SMILE, FOR A POOR MAN'S CHILD CAN ALSO BE LOVED BY A RAIN FROM ABOVE GLISTENING SPRAY Letras de cancionesAND THE SOLDIERS ON LEAVE FROM THE SHIP GENEVIEVE WITH THEIR ALL SHINING BUTTONS AND NEWLY PRESSED SLEEVES TAKING PICTURES THAT DAY OF THE EASTER PARADE THEY STOOD WATCHING THE CLOWNS WHO WERE GATHERED ABOUT PRETTY GIRLS, NOW WATCHING THEM SWIRL TOLD ONE ANOTHER TO LAUGH, MAYBE LIVE TO FORGET ALL THE MEMORIES OF DEAD SWIRLING LEAVES SEEN FROM THE SHIP GENEVIEVE NOBODY SEES BUT QUEEN MERKA & ME AND SHE IS SITTING BENEATH A TREE 86TH STREET 11 PM IN THE EVENING TIDE AND THE LITTLE GIRL HIPPIE, THE QUEEN OF VIRGINITY SAYS FOR HER LOVER SHE HAS AN AFFINITY HER HAIR SWINGS WITH EASE, IT TRIPS IN THE BREEZE SHE COMES TO THE FOUNTAIN AND SAYS WOULD YOU PLEASE MOVE AROUND, I SHOULD LIKE TO SIT DOWN PAINTING HER MIND WITH A FLASK READJUSTING HER MASK, SHE'S A VIRGIN QUEEN WHO'S DONE EVERYTHING, AND A BIT MORE AND THE GREAT STONED HASH EATER, THE CHILDLESS WIFE BEATER HE WALKS WITH HIS BOYFRIEND ON INTO THE SPRAY SAYING I LOVE YOU BABE, WALKING DOWN TOWARDS THE PAVEMENT AND LOCKING, EMBRACING AS THOUGH TO SAY "I DON'T CARE, I LOVE HIM MORE THAN HER" HE MAKES HIS WAY DOWN, TO THE CENTER OF TOWN WHERE A FOUNTAIN OF LAW REPEATS WORD HE HAS THOUGHT - NO LOVE IS NOT WRONG NOBODY SEES BUT QUEEN MERKA & ME AND SHE IS SITTING BENEATH A TREE 86TH STREET 11 PM IN THE EVENING TIDE AND THE DIRTY OLD MAN, HE WALTZED OUT THAT DAY HE'S A PERMANENT FIXTURE A SIDEWALK DISPLAY HE'S GOT VERY STRANGE HABITS, LIKE MAKING PASSES AND HE SMILES WITH HIS DENTURES AS THE FOUNTAIN SPRAY PASSES HIS CROWN, IT'S ALL PART OF THE MERRY-GO-ROUND THINKS TO THEM THAT'S BEHIND, SORT OF WISHING THAT LIFE COULD BE A BIT MORE FAIR, NOW HE'S LOSING HIS HAIR THERE GOES HIS SEX APPEAL AND WHAT OF THE FOUNTAIN, OH IT OVERFLOWS DROWNING ALL THE PEOPLE IN THEIR BEST EASTER CLOTHES LAUGHINGLY, KNOWINGLY, IT'S UNIFYING ALL OF THE PEOPLE ASSURED THEY WERE DYING, TEPPERED, BOUND BY WATER TOGETHER THEY CITY'S TOGETHER AT LAST, BUT THE MOMENT HAS PASSED THEY ALL WALK AWAY, FAR FROM THE SPRAY, GOING THEIR SEPARATE WAYS NOBODY SEES BUT QUEEN MERKA AND ME, AND SHE IS SITTING BENEATH A TREE, 86TH STREET, 11 PM IN THE EVENING TIDE. special thanks to Kathleen Brogan (aka Grinning Girl ) for transcribing. Thanks! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- © Rude Girl Publishing, All Rights Reserved website maintained by IanSite1 From Letras Mania