The Queen Is Dead (Live in London, 1986)

The Queen Is Dead (Live in London, 1986) - The Smiths

Farewell to this marshes

Hemmed in like a boar between arches

Her very Lowness with a head in a sling

I'm truly sorry

It sounds like a wonderful thing

I said Charles don't you ever crave

To appear on the front of the Daily Mail

Dressed in your Mother's bridal veil

So I checked all the registered historical facts

And I was shocked into shame to discover

I'm the 18th pale descendant

Of some old queen or other

Oh has the world changed or I changed

Oh has the world changed or I changed

Some 9-year old tough who peddles ***

I swear to God

I even knew what *** were

So I broke into the palace

With a sponge and a rusty spanner

She said"Eh I know you and you cannot sing"

I said"That's nothing

You should hear me play piano"

We can go for a walk where it's quiet and dry

And talk about precious things

But when you're tied to your Mother's apron

No-one talks about castration

Past the Pub who saps your body

And the church who'll snatch your money

The Queen is dead boys

And it's so lonely on a limb

Past the Pub that wrecks your body

And the church all they want is your money

The Queen is dead boys

Go to the Sheffield boy

Life is very long when you're lonely

Life is very long when you're lonely