Queen of New York - Tancred

It was Christmas Eve, babe In the drunk tank An old man said to me, won't see another one And then he sang a song The Rare Old Mountain Dew I turned my face away And dreamed about you Got on a lucky one Came in 18 to one I've got a feeling This year's for me and you So happy Christmas I love you, baby I can see a better time When all our dreams come true They've got cars big as bars They've got rivers of gold When the wind blows right through you It's no place for the old When you first took my hand On a cold Christmas Eve You told me that Broadway was waiting for me You were handsome You were pretty Queen of New York City When the band finished playing They'd howl out for more Sinatra was swinging All the drunks, they were singing We kissed on a corner Then danced through the night The boys of the NYPD choir Were singing Galway Bay And the bells were ringing out For Christmas Day You're a bum You're a punk You're an old slut on junk Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed You scumbag, you maggot You're cheap and I've had it Happy Christmas your arse I pray God, it's our last And the boys of the NYPD choir Were singing Galway Bay And the bells are ringing out For Christmas Day I could have been someone Well, so could anyone You took my dreams from me When I first found you I kept them with me, babe I put them with my own I can't make it all alone I've built my dreams around you And the boys of the NYPD choir Still singing Galway Bay And the bells are ringing out For Christmas Day

I knew you before you could date It felt like served you up on a plate Oh oh oh Saw him pick you up in his car Joey's got us all seeing stars Oh oh oh But I don't care I'll just never be, never be cool Never be One of you, one of you Tell me, where do you get your clothes? I just gotta have some of my own Oh oh oh But I don't care I'll just never be, never be cool Never be (never be) One of you, one of you Saw him pick you up in his car Joey's got us all seeing star

I have felt your arrows pierce Not lightly I could dream you didn't mean it It's not likely I have felt your sword come down Behind me Rabid like a dog, I could take you out Don't test me I see you walking alone at night You're so boring The dark can take you for a ride Fair warning She said, "Don't be like that." I told her to shut up She gave me a drag off of her cigarette I took her home, I took her home Everything you say to me Flutters out so gracefully I could catch it like a butterfly Or kill it just as quickly It's not likely It's not likely It's not likely It's not likely

Saw you through the blue marine Pulled you in to sink down deep with me I'm in a place I should not be Are you a jewel, am I a thief With you my kingdom melts One last late-night motel I tried feeling nothing And it just felt like nothing You're something else You're something else Can't help myself Something else (Ooh, ooh, ooh) (Ooh, ooh, ooh) Can't help myself Something else Saw you through the fireworks Saw your eyes burn like cinders I'm in a place I should not be Can I afford your luxury With you my kingdom fell One final taste of hell I tried feeling something And it felt like summer heaven (Ooh, ooh, ooh) (Ooh, ooh, ooh) You're something else You're something else Can't help myself Something else You're something else (Ooh, ooh, ooh) You're something else (Ooh, ooh, ooh) I tried feeling nothing It felt just like nothing I tried feeling nothing And it felt just like nothing You're something else (Ooh, ooh, ooh) You're something else (Ooh, ooh, ooh) Can't help myself Something else You're something else You're something else You're something else

I was taught along with math that sister was a psychopath And everyone should know about it Everyone should know and I did I was taught in elementary brother was just gonna fight me I don't really care about it Sit inside your room with nothing I drank you up like wine 'Til my teeth were black and white You always know just what I like You drank me up like wine Educated, seventeen, violated, no esteem I don't wanna know about it I would sell my head for nothing I drank you up like wine 'Til my teeth were black and white You always know just what I like You drank me up like wine I drank you up like wine 'Til my teeth were black and white You always know just what I like You drank me up like wine

He said to me "I dunno how it's gonna be without you, without me." I said to him "I don't wanna find out what it's like, because you... Because you control me." You control me You control me always You control me You control me Yeah, you control me always This is how we learn to be happy This is how we learn the hard way This is how we learn to be happy This is how we learn the hard way, the hard way I got a job that I hated 'cause I don't want your god to get mad, to get mad Where's my glass of wine? In the bed that I sleep in every night It's worth the catch 'Cause it controls me It controls me Yeah, it controls me always It controls me It controls me Yeah, it controls me always This is how we learn to be happy This is how we learn the hard way This is how we learn to be happy This is how we learn the hard way, the hard way The hard way, the hard way 'Cause you control me You control me You control me always This is how we learn to be happy This is how we learn the hard way This is how we learn to be happy This is how we learn the hard way, the hard way (It controls me always) The hard way, the hard way (It controls me always) The hard way, the hard way This is how we learn (It controls me always) This is how we learn This is how we learn

It takes highs and lows to celebrate you It takes all my words just to sell them the truth They don't love me quite like they used to They don't love me quite like they did Pay the girl, tell her, "give me a hairdo" Paint my lips in shimmering French blue They always tell you, "don't read the reviews" So I am blind but for pictures of you When I went to your grave Snow covered half your name How could I touch something so white Take from you something so bright How could I? How could I? Everything is fine It's gonna take some time When I see of lines of trees It feels like you're with me Feels like this song don't mean a thing It takes highs and lows to celebrate you It takes all my words to celebrate you It takes all my sight, to actually see you It takes all my love to celebrate you Everything is fine It's gonna take some time When all I can do is scream It feels like you're listening How could I touch something so white Take from you something so bright How could I touch something so white Take from you something so bright How could I? Everything is fine It's gonna take some time When I see of lines of trees It feels like you're with me Feels like this song don't mean a thing