Queen of New York City – English Lyrics

• By: Matchbox Twenty
• Album: Where The Light Goes

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

There's a rhythm to her heart

And a world inside her head

She'll tell you from the start

Boy, you don't know her yet

She's like a constellation

Of stars that don't connect

And she's dancin' on the sidewalk

Just like the neon signs are spotlights, she says

"Ain't I the queen of New York City?

I'll take 'em all down with me

'Cause I'm gonna run this town"

She's got some kind of way about her

One look and you don't doubt her

Seeing's believing now

Don't you believe her now?

She says, "Man, I'm gonna leave this town

'Cause I got wings under my feet"

Then she tells you she gets vertigo

When she goes above 14th Street

And then she smiles at you the way that people smile

When they're trying not to cry, and she says

"Ain't I the queen of New York City?

I'll drag 'em all down with me

'Cause I'm gonna run this town"

She's got some kind of way about her

One look and you don't doubt her

Seeing's believing now

Don't you believe her now?

"Well, ain't I the queen of New York City?

I'll take 'em all down with me

'Cause I'm gonna run this town"

"Hey, I'm the queen of New York City

I'll drag 'em all down with me

'Cause I'm gonna run this town" (ayy)

She's got some kind of way about her

One look and you don't doubt her

Seeing's believing now

Don't you believe her now?

(Don't you believe her now?)

Yeah, don't you believe her now?

(Don't you believe her now?)

Hell, I believe her now, yeah

(Don't you believe her now?)

Queen of New York City

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Key Grammar Structures

• There's a rhythm to her heart

  ➔ Present simple tense with 'there's'

  ➔ The contraction 'there's' (there is) is used to describe a permanent or general truth about the subject.

• She'll tell you from the start

  ➔ Future simple tense with 'will'

  ➔ The future simple tense with 'will' is used to make predictions or promises about future actions.

• She's like a constellation

  ➔ Present simple tense with 'be like'

  ➔ 'Be like' is used to make comparisons, describing similarities between two things.

• Ain't I the queen of New York City?

  ➔ Tag question with 'ain't'

  ➔ Tag questions are added to statements to turn them into questions, often for confirmation. 'Ain't' is a non-standard contraction of 'am not'.

• She's got some kind of way about her

  ➔ Present perfect with 'have got'

  ➔ The present perfect with 'have got' is used to describe a state or possession that started in the past and continues to the present.

• Don't you believe her now?

  ➔ Tag question with negation

  ➔ This tag question seeks confirmation with a negative structure, expecting a positive response.