Ryan Bonner and The Dearly Beloved - Marlene McQueen Lyrics

The king of this town, he lost his crown
to a drunk at the masquerade ball
to a green-eyed queen that he swore that he’d seen
though he’d never laid eyes on her face
And the jack on the road with nowhere to go
caught a ride down a well beaten path
Got drunk at a bar where he lost his car
and the keys to an old Cadillac

He said lonely is something that I’ve never tried
but I’m down with the trip if you’re up for the ride
and my ace in the hole, it seems he has died
a slow and lonely death

Marlene, my queen, I’d die for your scene
but you laugh when I tell you so
A hundred to one there’s no death in your gun
and you point it at me just for show

These songs are no more than just thoughts on a page
from an insolent writer with well channeled rage
alone in a room with the typewriter blues
and the loneliest look on his face
and the songs that he sings from up on that stage
had the grace of a drunken ballet
For the crowd did not weep, they just sat in their seats
and the band counted off and they played

Marlene, my queen, I’d die for your scene
but you laugh when I tell you so
A hundred to one there’s no death in your gun
and you point it at me just for show

Marlene, my queen
What’s your scene