Queen Merka & Me Lyrics

QUEEN MERKA & ME

Words and Music by Janis Ian



OH THE PRETTY LITTLE GIRL, ON EASTER'S DAY

BY A BRIGHT CENTER FOUNTAIN, CONSENTED TO PLAY

HELD AN EASTER STAR, VERY CLOSE TO HER HEART

STEPPING BACK FROM THE FOUNTAIN

SO AS NOT TO BE HARMED BY THE SPRAY

THERE SHE DID PLAY

TOLD HER TOY RABBIT TO SMILE, FOR A POOR MAN'S CHILD

CAN ALSO BE LOVED BY A RAIN FROM ABOVE

GLISTENING SPRAY



AND THE SOLDIERS ON LEAVE FROM THE SHIP GENEVIEVE

WITH THEIR ALL SHINING BUTTONS AND NEWLY PRESSED SLEEVES

TAKING PICTURES THAT DAY OF THE EASTER PARADE

THEY STOOD WATCHING THE CLOWNS WHO WERE GATHERED ABOUT

PRETTY GIRLS, NOW WATCHING THEM SWIRL

TOLD ONE ANOTHER TO LAUGH, MAYBE LIVE TO FORGET

ALL THE MEMORIES OF DEAD SWIRLING LEAVES SEEN FROM THE SHIP GENEVIEVE



NOBODY SEES BUT QUEEN MERKA & ME

AND SHE IS SITTING BENEATH A TREE

86TH STREET 11 PM IN THE EVENING TIDE



AND THE LITTLE GIRL HIPPIE, THE QUEEN OF VIRGINITY

SAYS FOR HER LOVER SHE HAS AN AFFINITY

HER HAIR SWINGS WITH EASE, IT TRIPS IN THE BREEZE

SHE COMES TO THE FOUNTAIN AND SAYS WOULD YOU PLEASE MOVE AROUND, I SHOULD

LIKE TO SIT DOWN

PAINTING HER MIND WITH A FLASK

READJUSTING HER MASK, SHE'S A VIRGIN QUEEN WHO'S DONE EVERYTHING, AND A BIT MORE



AND THE GREAT STONED HASH EATER, THE CHILDLESS WIFE BEATER

HE WALKS WITH HIS BOYFRIEND ON INTO THE SPRAY SAYING I LOVE

YOU BABE, WALKING DOWN TOWARDS THE PAVEMENT AND LOCKING,

EMBRACING AS THOUGH TO SAY "I DON'T CARE, I LOVE HIM MORE THAN HER" HE MAKES

HIS WAY DOWN, TO THE CENTER

OF TOWN WHERE A FOUNTAIN OF LAW REPEATS WORD HE HAS THOUGHT - NO LOVE IS NOT WRONG



NOBODY SEES BUT QUEEN MERKA & ME

AND SHE IS SITTING BENEATH A TREE

86TH STREET 11 PM IN THE EVENING TIDE



AND THE DIRTY OLD MAN, HE WALTZED OUT THAT DAY

HE'S A PERMANENT FIXTURE A SIDEWALK DISPLAY

HE'S GOT VERY STRANGE HABITS, LIKE MAKING PASSES

AND HE SMILES WITH HIS DENTURES AS THE FOUNTAIN SPRAY

PASSES HIS CROWN, IT'S ALL PART OF THE MERRY-GO-ROUND

THINKS TO THEM THAT'S BEHIND, SORT OF WISHING THAT LIFE

COULD BE A BIT MORE FAIR, NOW HE'S LOSING HIS HAIR

THERE GOES HIS SEX APPEAL



AND WHAT OF THE FOUNTAIN, OH IT OVERFLOWS

DROWNING ALL THE PEOPLE IN THEIR BEST EASTER CLOTHES

LAUGHINGLY, KNOWINGLY, IT'S UNIFYING ALL OF THE PEOPLE ASSURED

THEY WERE DYING, TEPPERED, BOUND BY WATER TOGETHER

THEY CITY'S TOGETHER AT LAST, BUT THE MOMENT HAS PASSED

THEY ALL WALK AWAY, FAR FROM THE SPRAY, GOING THEIR SEPARATE WAYS



NOBODY SEES BUT QUEEN MERKA AND ME,

AND SHE IS SITTING BENEATH A TREE, 86TH

STREET, 11 PM IN THE EVENING TIDE.



special thanks to Kathleen Brogan (aka Grinning Girl ) for transcribing.

Thanks!











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