The Queen of Lower Chelsea

Album: American Slang (2010)
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  • Did you grow up lonesome and one of a kind?
    Were your records all you had to pass the time?
    Or maybe you were taken by the mysteries of New Orleans?
    Or the uptight, rowdy girls of Lower Chelsea?
    And we're hustling under but we live in the city
    And we keep it down when we take a beating
    Yeah, we keep it down with the radio on
    And if you find a good man, don't take him home

    When you're working full-time
    And spending all of your nights never dancing like you did
    While the gravity hangs on all the selling points you had,
    She'll still remain the Queen of Lower Chelsea

    Did you grow up a good girl,
    You daddy's pride?
    Did you make all the right moves,
    Take all the right drugs right on time?
    American girls, they want the whole world
    They want every last little light in New York City

    But we're hustling under and we're fast asleep
    And we keep it down when we take a beating
    Yeah, we keep it down with the radio on
    And if you find a good man, don't take him home

    When you're working full-time
    And spending all of your nights never dancing like you did
    While the gravity hangs on all the selling points you had,
    She'll still remain the Queen of Lower Chelsea

    Well they say these days,
    Nothing comes cheap
    And everything has a price
    Everything has a price
    Nothing is free
    Not even me

    When you're working full-time
    And spending all of your nights never dancing like you did
    While the gravity hangs on all the selling points you had,
    She'll still remain the Queen of Lower Chelsea

    When you're working full-time
    And spending all of your nights never dancing like you did
    While the gravity hangs on all the selling points you had,
    She'll still remain the Queen of Lower Chelsea Writer/s: BRIAN FALLON
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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