Beauty Queen - BURNS

Why are we so obsessed with cutting skin When the real things in our lives can't get in? Marching to the same drum Every single beat's gone I can hear the dark days coming Another generation Fighting for attention Can't you see I'm tired of running? There's a house in the forest Where her days are forgotten By the lake, she dropped her dreams And now they've sunk to the bottom Oh, beauty queen It's only skin deep It's only thin sheets There's no audience Oh, beauty queen Something's telling me That you were never meant to be Trapped in time Why are we holding hands like paper chains? Why are we so content to stay the same? Marching to the same drum Every single beat's gone I can hear the dark days coming Another generation Fighting for attention Can't you see I'm tired of running? There's a girl I remember Who was everyone's dream Now her face has become her It's the saddest thing you'll ever see Oh, beauty queen It's only skin deep It's only thin sheets There's no audience Oh, beauty queen Something's telling me That you were never meant to be Trapped in time Oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh There's a house in the forest Where her days are forgotten By the lake she dropped her dreams Now they've sunk to the bottom Oh, oh oh oh oh oh Oh, oh oh oh oh oh Oh, oh oh oh oh Oh, oh oh oh oh oh Oh, beauty queen It's only skin deep It's only thin sheets There's no audience Oh, beauty queen Something's telling me That you were never meant to be Trapped in time

Welcome You see, what we wanna talk about today Is dimes that turn to pennies Women that turn to bitches Honeys that turn to hoes I know y'all didn't know exactly what I'm talkin' about Somebody gotta take their welfare cheque and go buy some weed New outfit, do shit like that Yo fella's, have your say (Come on) I used to see her at school She always talked to the older dudes The ones with nice clothes and all the shoes (I guess I shoulda knew) She grew up fast in a short time Older body but her actions showed a young mind I mean this girl was so fine Whoa, who would've known? Who would have known? She would have grown to become (Have grown, ohh) (She's a, ahh) Drug runnin', jeep jumpin' (Aaa) Club frontin', know nothin' (Oh yea) Dick suckin', smoke somethin' Booster hustlin', dealer fuckin' (Calm down) Roller duckin', street lovin' Six children, no husband Beauty queen (Who would've known?) (Who would've known?) Drug running, jeep jumpin' Club frontin', know nothing Dick suckin', smoke something Booster hustlin', dealer fuckin' Roller duckin', street lovin' Six children, no husband (I can do with you) Beauty queen (Who would've known?) I'm away, my stay, he was treated like he was a supermodel Had your little Gucci, Dolce Gabanna and your Perotta Then you went and got yourself a no good baby father (Eww you) Started goin' down, sleepin' 'round, look at you now, now (Down, 'round, look at you, now, now) Disrespecting yourself, givin' it up, easy to touch Ready to fuck, now they just callin' you slut, why? Ho yea eee yea Who would have known? She would have grown to become (Who would have known? She, she'd become yea) Drug runnin', jeep jumpin' Club frontin', know nothin' Dick suckin', smoke somethin' Booster hustlin', dealer fuckin' Roller duckin', street lovin' Six children, no husband (Six children) Beauty queen Ooo ooo, you are Drug runnin', jeep jumpin' Club frontin', know nothin' (You are) Dick suckin', smoke somethin' (You are, you are, you are) Booster hustlin', dealer fuckin' Roller duckin', street lovin' Six children, no husband Beauty queen I'm talkin' to my ghetto, ghetto beauty queen (Ghetto, ghetto, ghetto, ghetto, ghetto, ghetto) Ohh How will you find a king when you're searchin' for one thing, ohh? (Ghetto, ghetto, ghetto, ghetto, ghetto, ghetto, ghetto) You know, you know Know you want the nicer things Get a job and buy them things (That's right) Ain't like he got you a ring (Aaa ohh) Close your legs, don't let him in between (Aaa haa haa ohh yea) Don't you know that you're a queen? (I'm talkin' to my beauty queen) Drug runnin', jeep jumpin' Club frontin', know nothin' (Ohh ho yea) Dick suckin', smoke somethin' (Ohh ohh, aaa ooo, ohh yea) Booster hustlin', dealer fuckin' Roller duckin', street lovin' Six children, no husband Beauty queen (You deserve to be so much better baby) Drug runnin', jeep jumpin' (Yea eee yea) Club frontin', know nothin' Dick suckin', smoke somethin' Booster hustlin', dealer fuckin' Roller duckin', street lovin' Six children, no husband (What? What? What? What? What? What? Yea) Beauty queen (Check this out now) Drug runnin', jeep jumpin' (Dru Hill said) Club frontin', know nothin' ("You're sleepin' in their bed") Dick suckin', smoke somethin' (Then the twins said) Booster hustlin', dealer fuckin' ("You slept with jagged edge") Roller duckin', street lovin' (One twelve said) Six children, no husband ("You gave them all head") Beauty queen (Why girl? Why yeah?) Drug runnin', jeep jumpin' (Now you know what I'm talkin' about) Club frontin', know nothin' Dick suckin', smoke somethin' (Don't say you're so sure baby) Booster hustlin', dealer fuckin' Roller duckin', street lovin' (Love your shoes if you wanna be in love) Six children, no hus'

Hah... hah... ha-ha. She's a Beauty Queen. Ha... in my sweet bean bag in the street, Take it down out to the laundry scene... Don't know why she's in my hand. Can't figure what it is, but... I lie, lie, lie again. I go me some horses to ride on, to ride on. They say that your demons can't go there. So I got me some horses to ride on, to ride on, As long as your army keeps perfectly still. And maybe I'll find me a sailor, a tailor. And maybe together we'll make mother well. So I got me some horses to ride on, to ride on, As long as your army keeps perfectly still. An you showed me the meadow, and milkwood, and silkwood. And you would if I would, but you never would. So I chased down your posies, your pansies in my hosies, Then opened my hands and they were empty then. Off with Superfly sniffing a Sharpie pen, honey it's Bill and Ben. Off with Superfly counting your Bees, oh me, honey like one, two, three. The camera is rolling, it's easy like one, two, three. And if there is a way to find you I will find you. But will you find me if Neil makes me a tree. An afro, a Pharaoh, I can't go you said so. And but threads that are golden don't break easily. So I got me some horses to ride on, to ride on. They say that your demons can't go there. So I got me some horses to ride on, to ride on. As long as your army keeps perfectly still, Keeps perfectly still, keeps perfectly still.