Queen Elvis Lyrics

Madonna of the Wasps
Lost, I wonder where we crossed
I wonder why she lost me-

Lost, she's lying in the frost
I wonder what she cost me-

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Is this love?

Gone Madonna of the swans, she waves a magic want
And then she settles on me

Wise Madonna of the Flies, I look into her eyes
And then she recognize me-

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Lost Madonna of the Wasps, I wonder where we crossed
I wonder where she lost me-
Lost, she's dying in the frost
I wonder what she cost me-

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The Devils Coachman
Yesterday it seemed so cool and everything was fabulous
Built of brick and made for an eternity;
Give an inch and take an inch and what you've got is where you were
the universe is based on sullen entropy
-It falls apart as it goes on

Yesterday I saw the Devil in the nude, it was embarrassing
-I turned away-
He was leering in the mirror when I looked again

Everything you say you won't is what you will eventually
Honesty is money in the cemetery
If he treat you horribly he's probably a Scorpio
He's a long kebab through your ovaries
-The same goes out, the same goes in

Yesterday I saw the Devil in a mood. He wasn7t angry, but he stood around
Biting off the legs of all his furry chums

I remember everything as if it happened years ago
Probably it did so I remember it
You are just your feelings it might give you vertigo
Falling off a high place and into it
-Just as I fell into you

Yesterday I saw the Devil in my food. I wasn't hungry,
But I played with it-

Blood red horns gouged through my scrambled (egg)

Yesterday I saw the Devil in my heart-I was expecting him
The doctor came-

I haave to call the doctor every time we kiss


Wax Doll
Son, there are mirros here-watch your performing little whales
Or snip your harness of and take another walk around the bay
The way the English say we only mustn't grumble in the end
A needle in your back, an arrow in your heart, you smile

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Is your wax doll still crying in the fire?

It cramps your handwriting, and dulls what little style you have
You cast your mind back to professionals like Alan Breeze
Who sees the windows freeze and hands around the keys
"Unlock yourself," he says, but no one ever does
Except for Jacob Lurch, and Mr. Moose and Dandy

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Do you think that anybody wants to be your friend
Now that they know?

Son, there are breakers here-your living room it glides across the sea

Or high above waves, the wrinkled little waves you cannot smooth
We travel everywhere, we're gonna take the suburbs to the stars
If I was man enough I'd come on your stump
If I was man enough I'd come on your stump

But don't you know, this is the Home Counties

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Knife
Here is a knife
Here is a pointy daggery knife
Here is a knife
And it's pointing to you

Here is a life
Here is a tender trembling life
Herre is a life
And it's quivering under you

Here is a dream
Here is a sweet and terrible dream
Here is a dream
And we're in the middle of it

Oh come off it-not again-do we have to go through all of this again?
All of this again

Here is a knife
Here is a pointy daggery knife
Here is a knife
And it's pointing to you


Swirling
Swirling takes up all my time
Makes me know that I'm above you

Swirling curling up in smoke
It started as a joke but...love you

Moss suspended on a grave-and growing in a cave
Where I can carve your name

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Love you

Swirling occupies my life
And if I had a wife she'd be you

Swirling takes up all my time
And if that's such a crime why love you?

Moss suspended on a stone-and down the telephone-
To where I call your name

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One Long Pair of Eyes
In the tower the lover sighs
"Good Sir Knight, please take my eyes-I've used them."
"Doctor, doctor, I'm on fire!"
"Oh, I'm sad to hear that, squire-we're closing."
She snuffs you out like silk
and pours you out like milk
But just before the dawn appears, draining all the blue away
And just before all your perspectives change
Isn't it strange?

On the black Fellini sails
Tattered rags that hangs on nails reminds me
You the mistress of your chair
I the sergeant of your hair-you blind me
You turn me on like light
A silver liquid light
That emanates inside of you, decorates the room around and
Just before the curtains part for dawn
And everything's gone

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She had one long pair of eyes
One long pair of eyes between her
One long pair of eyes
So she could see you

On the lone Norwegian shore
Lovers weep for evermore in evening
With the clouds above their heads
Go back to their lonesome beds and leave them
She falls on you like rain
When will she fall again?
Oh just before the dawn appears, draining all the blue away and
Just before all your perspectives change
Isn't it strange?

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Veins of the Queen
Oh the veins of her Majesty the Queen
They're so regal and serene
How I7d love to say I'd been
Down the veins of her Majesty the Queen
Tunnel down their beauteous sheen
And tell everyone I'd been
O the Queen and her cellar full of dogs
Wonder has she any frogs
Does she ever chop up logs?
Woah oh no-no I don't suppose she does
It would all be too much fuss
Anyway she'd have a

Private detective with her
Private detective with her

Just making sure no one ever had a go
At her Majesty the Queen
Someone no one really knows
You might think you know your friends
Even when they're on a screen
But nobody pretends
That they really know the Queen
I'd love to say I'd been
Somewhere deep inside the veins
Of Her Majesty the Queen


Freeze
There's a justice in this world
And I know just what she's called
She's called Elaine

There's a dead man in your heart
And he takes up too much room
And I know just what he's called
He's called Steve

There's a farmer in the clouds
And he's sowing golden seeds
and he's feeding on your dreams
That's the only thing you need
And I know just what he's called
He's called Ray

I'm starting to freeze
Freeze
Freeze
I'm starting to freeze

I know who wrote the book of love
It was an idiot
It was a fool
A slobbering fool with a speech defect and a shaking hand
And he wrote my name
Next to yours
But it should have been David Byrne or somebody

DOG DIG A DOG DIGA DOG DIG A DOG
DOG DIG A DOG DIG A DOG DIG A DOG DOG

There's a justice in this world
And she's cruel but she's fair
And I know just what she's called
She's called Elaine

She's called Elaine


Autumn Sea
Somewhere in the autumn sea
The kind of love you are to me I stole you
>From a very special friend
so the friendship had to end and how
You can't kill relationships
Watch them drown like sinking ships around you
But to live is to betray
Every second, every day-Oh wow
Here comes the now

Soomewhere in the autumn air
I can smell you everywhere beside me
Though your face has disappeared
Finally I know I cared for you
As the leaf falls in the sea
Slips the sand of memory inside me
Rows of lights flash off and on
Finally I see you've gone
It's true
What can I do?

Somewhere in the autumn sky
Cross my heart and swear to die
I chose you
Trails burning everywhere
Sulphur fingers in the air
I scream
Brambles swarm around my fence
Everything in deep suspense
I froze you out
But it's your point of view
I am just somebody who has been
Into your dream


Superman
Superman,, crunchy little
Found you in a Corn Flakes box
Nourished you in privacy
Touched the parts you couldn't reach
You improved immediately

She's a squeaking head on a pleasure box
And the boys don't understand
It took the Holy Roman Empire
Just to get you by my side
And I'm gonna be more careful with you
Aren't I?

Superman,, let her settle gradually
On the fire extinguisher
You provided thoughtfully
In the river on a punt
Underneath the willow tree

She's a squeaking head on a pleasure box
And the boys don't understand
It took the Holy Roman Empire
Just to keep you satisfied
And I'm gonna be more careful with you
Obviously

You better believe it
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