The Queen of Angles<title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> </head> <body><center> <table cellspacing="5" cellpadding="5" border="1" width="550"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="4"> <p>Gaiman knew what he was doing when he cast Desire and Despair as twins. <p><font size="5" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#006600"><b>The Queen of Angles</b></font> <br>© Allison Lonsdale 2000 <br><i>Live at Lestat's</i>, Disc Two, Track 5 <p>I've collected broken men like bangles <br>To cover up the stitches on my wrists <br>When I sat down to play cards with the Queen of Angles <br>Black aces burned like mercy in my fists <br> <br> I've lived life wet between the legs for danger <br> And learned to love the bourbon taste of chance <br> I've whispered all my secrets to that bottle-green-eyed stranger <br> Who never learned to keep it in his pants <br> <br>Love is just a noose that gently strangles <br>Each act of love remains an act of war <br>The King of Hearts was dealt to the Queen of Angles <br>I am just the Jack of Diamonds' drunken whore <br> <br> I've lived life wet between the legs for wonder <br> And learned to love the rush of breaking rules <br> I should have bought my ticket home before it dragged me under <br> I'm a penny candy in a jar of fools <br> <br>We leap at every piece of bait she dangles <br>We keep Her Majesty well entertained <br>We're only puppets to the Queen of Angles <br>But it's worse when she gets bored, so don't complain <br> <br>You cannot weave your life without some tangles <br>You can't stand tall if you crawl in crooked ways <br>And you can't win against the Queen of Angles <br>Even if she only plays it as it lays </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> <a href=http://www.allisonlonsdale.com/lallyrics.html>Back to <i>Live at Lestat's</i> lyrics</a> <br> <a href=http://www.allisonlonsdale.com/>Back to top</a> </center> </body> </html>