Queen Of The Silver Dollar
recorded by Emmylou Harris
written by Shel Silverstein
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She arrives in all her splendor
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Every night at nine o'clock
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And her chariot is the cross town bus
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That stops right down the block
Now the old piano minstrel
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Plays her tune as she walks in
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And the Queen of the Silver Dollar
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is home again
CHORUS
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She's the Queen of the Silver Dollar
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She rules this smokey kingdom
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Her scepter is a wine glass
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And this bar stool is her throne
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Now the jesters flock around her
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Tryin to win her favours
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To see which one will take
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The Queen Of the Silver Dollar home
Now the royal dress is satin
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It's shabby and it's torn
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The royal jewels are rhinestones
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The shoes are scuffed and worn
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Of the many roads she's been down
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And the places that she's seen
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Well they all look at her and say
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God save the Queen
REPEAT CHORUS
The Queen of the Silver Dollar's
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Is not as haughty as she seems
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She was once an ordinary girl
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With ordinary dreams
But there’s a man who found her
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And he brought her to this world
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He’s the one who made a Queen
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Of a simple country girl
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