Beauty Queen (Unplugged)

[Verse 1]

I was just eighteen

Days ago, I was a child

It was his birthday

Forty-five years 'round the sun

No one seemed to think that I was out of place

In the bar, drinking beer with all his friends

No one ever asked me if I was okay

When I was too drunk to stand, they just walked away

[Verse 2]

He took me home with him

Into the darkness, hand in hand

Never felt more shame

It took me years to understand

Eyes upon me, like I was the one to blame

Like everyone in the whole world knеw my name

Temptation he could not rеsist

My young body, my rosy red lips

[Chorus]

Be free, beauty queen, don't wear that crown forever (Ooh)

There's more to you than they can see

Be free, beauty queen, don't wear that smile forever (Ooh)

There's more to life than you now know

Ooh, ooh

[Verse 3]

Soon, I left Brighton

Took a train home to cure my blues

I dreamt of heaven

Gap in the clouds, light to break through

It was just the beginning, I thought it was the end

I was yet to meet my two best friends

Told me all of the shit that they'd been through

Without them, I don't know what I'd do

[Chorus]

Be free, beauty queen, don't wear that crown forever (Ooh)

Someday, you will shine without it

Ooh, be free, beauty queen, don't wear that smile forever (Ooh)

Sometimes, you're stronger without it

Ooh, ooh

[Outro]

Ooh

Ah-ooh

Ooh, ah-ooh

Ooh, ooh

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