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Queen to be King

from Jack but Jill by Pyrophoria

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A boy
A stupid boy king
Toying
Wears a crown like a clown
Talk of fuck face town
He doesn’t know he’s going down
He’s run of the mill
Pays every bill
Loves still
Follows every fire drill
Has not a single skill
Don’t want a thrill
Don’t want to look to kill

Oh they gave him the crown renowned
All the people of the town
Screech hurray
Were they
Thinking her way
When is her day
Run into the highway

Jack is a nervous child
He isn’t to talk about their Wild
He chuckled and smiled
Sweating through his cloak
Trying not to choke
On secrets from the royal folk
Many a shit eating bloke
They say it’s a joke
They laughed as they spoke
Close your eyes we have a surprise
Everyone dies
Ha! Such good times!
Jack won’t commit such crimes
He walks quietly down the palace
He is not callous
That night he doesn’t raise his chalice
A weak little boy with little joy born to annoy

Kings not gonna king
Not gonna do a damn thing
Somewhere there’s a queen
With the right bloodstream
Who dares to dream
She’s gonna bring
Reign supreme
Queens gonna king

Run of the mill run of the mill
He has big shoes to fill
And no will
A boy king wasn’t meant to kill
He steps over an anthill
But they gave him the throne
And he should’ve known
It was for his silence alone
A king is privilege prone
The thrown is not his own
He’s just a boy with an ice cream cone
They gave him a crown before he was grown

Oh Jill sees him up there
In the aristocrat square
She knows how she’d fare
She wouldn’t truth she’d dare
She prevail in every act of warfare
Townsfolk would see her and despair
The crown should be hers to wear
But a broken life is not fair
Boys with shaky knees
Get what they please
And that’s the drill
Run of the mill
Doesn’t impress Jill
And never will

Kings not gonna king
Not gonna do a damn thing
Somewhere there’s a queen
With the right bloodstream
Who dares to dream
She’s gonna bring
Reign supreme
Queens gonna king

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from Jack but Jill, released October 14, 2021

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