(Shel Silverstein)
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She arrives in all her splendor
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Each night at nine o'clock
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Her chariot is the crosstown bus
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That stops right down the block
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Now the old piano minstrel plays her tune as she walks in
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And the Queen of the Silver Dollar's home again
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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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Scepter is a wine glass and a bar stool is her throne
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Now the jesters flock around her tryina_T to win her favors
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To see which one will take the
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Queen of the Silver Dollar home
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Now her 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 God save the queen
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Now the Queen of the Silver Dollar
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Is not as haughty as she seems
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She was once an ordinary girl with ordinary dreams
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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 of a simple country girl
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Yes I'm the Queen of the Silver Dollar
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I rule this smokey kingdom
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Scepter is a wine glass and a bar stool is my throne
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Now the jesters flock around me tryin' to win my favors
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To see which one will take the
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Queen of the Silver Dollar home
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Yes I'm the Queen of the Silver Dollar
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I rule this smokey kingdom
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Scepter is a wine glass and a bar stool is my throne
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Now the jesters flock around me tryin' to win my favors
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To see which one will take the
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Queen of the Silver Dollar home
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Queen Of The Silver Dollar
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| Emmylou Harris |
