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Well, I was sipping on a whiskey when |
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I got the call |
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My friend |
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Lex was lying in the hospital |
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She'd been pretty sick for about half a year |
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But it seemed like this time the end was drawing near |
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So I dropped my plans and jumped the next |
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London train |
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I found her laid up and in a lot of pain |
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Her eyes met mine and then |
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I understood |
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That her weather forecast wasn't looking good |
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So I sat and spun her stories for a little while |
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Tried to raise the mood, tried to raise a smile |
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But she silenced all my ramblings with a shake of her head |
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Drew me close to listen and this is what she said |
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You'll live to dance another day |
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It's just now you'll have to dance for the two of us |
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So stop looking so damn depressed |
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And sing with all your heart that the queen is dead |
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She told me she was sick of all the hospital food |
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Of doctors, distant relatives draining her blood |
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She said, "I know I'm dying but I'm not finished just yetI'm dying for a drink and for a cigarette" |
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So we hatched a plan to book ourselves |
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A cheap hotel in the center of the city and then raise some hell |
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Lay waste to all the clubs and then when |
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Everyone else is long asleep then we'll know we're good and done |
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The queen is dead |
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South London's not the same any more |
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The last of the greats has finally gone to bed |
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Well, I was working on some words when |
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Sarah called me up |
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She said that |
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Lex had gone to sleep and wasn't waking up |
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And even though |
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I knew that there was nothing to be done |
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I felt bad for not being there and now she was gone |
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So I tried to think what |
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Lex would want me to do |
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At times like this when |
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I was feeling blue |
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So I gathered some friends to spread the sad |
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Sad news and we headed for the city for a drink or two and we sang |
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We live to dance another day |
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It's just now we have to dance for one more of us |
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So let's stop looking so damn depressed |
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And sing with all our hearts, "Long live the queen" |
