The Queen Is Dead – English Lyrics

• By: The Smiths
• Album: The Queen Is Dead

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Oil

to the snowlands, to the marshes

Hemmed in like a boar between arches

A very loweness with a head in a sling

I'm truly sorry but it sounds like a wonderful thing

I said, "Charles, don't you ever crave

to appear on the front of the Daily Mail

Blessed in your mother's bridal veil"

And so, I checked all the registers for startling facts

And I was shocked into shame to discover

how I'm the 18th pale descendant

of some old Queen or other.

Oh, has the world changed or have i changed?

Oh, has the world changed, we have I changed?

Some manual tough will peddle drugs

I swear to God I'd never even know what drugs were

So I broke into the palace

With a sponge and a rusty spanner.

She said, "I know you and you cannot sing"

I said, "That's nothing, you should hear me play piano"

We can go for a walk where it's quiet and dry

And talk about precious things

But when you're tied to your mother's apron, no one talks about this, situation.

We can go for a walk where it's quiet and dry

And talk about precious things,

Like love and law and poverty

Oh, those were the things that gripped me and all

We can go for a walk where it's quiet and dry

And talk about precious things

But the rain that flattens my hair

Has the pub that wrecks your body

And the Church who'll snatch your money

The Queen is dead, boys. And it's so lovely on a limb

Has the pub the wrecks your body

and the church or they want is your money

the queen is dead, boys.

And it's so lovely on a limb

You know I live

I'm very long when you're lonely

panic on the streets of London

panic on the streets of Birmingham

I wondered to myself

life ever be same again?

and the DJ and the DJ

panic on the streets of Carlisle

Dublin Dundee underside

I to myself

Had the DJ had the DJ

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
snowlands /ˈsnəʊˌlændz/ C1	noun - areas of land covered in snow
marsh /mɑːʃ/ B1	noun - an area of soft, wet land
lowliness /ˈləʊlinəs/ C2	noun - the state of being humble or lowly
sling /slɪŋ/ B2	noun - a strap or loop for supporting an injured arm
craved /kreɪvd/ B2	verb - to have a strong desire for something
shame /ʃeɪm/ B1	noun - the feeling of humiliation caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behaviour
descendant /dɪˈsendənt/ B2	noun - a person, animal, or plant that is descended from a particular ancestor
pale /peɪl/ A2	adjective - light in color or having little color
manual /ˈmænjuəl/ B2	adjective - done by hand
peddle /ˈpedəl/ C1	verb - to sell something, especially drugs, illegally
palace /ˈpæləs/ B1	noun - the official residence of a head of state, such as a king or queen
rusty /ˈrʌsti/ B1	adjective - covered with rust
spanner /ˈspænər/ B2	noun - a tool with a shaped opening or jaws, used for gripping and turning nuts or bolts.
precious /ˈpreʃəs/ B1	adjective - of great value; not to be wasted or treated carelessly
apron /ˈeɪprən/ A2	noun - a garment worn over the front of the body to protect one's clothes
poverty /ˈpɒvəti/ B1	noun - the state of being extremely poor
gripped /ɡrɪpt/ B2	verb - to take a strong hold of someone or something
wreck /rek/ B1	verb - to damage or destroy something
lonely /ˈləʊnli/ A2	adjective - sad because one has no friends or company
panic /ˈpænɪk/ B1	noun - sudden uncontrollable fear or anxiety, often causing wildly unthinking behavior verb - to suffer panic; to be overcome by panic