Cooksferry Queen Lyrics - Live From Austin, Tx - Richard Thompson

Well there's a house in an alley 

In the squats and low-rise 

Of a town with no future 

But that's where my future lies 

It's a secret, but no secret 

It's a rule, but no rule 

Where you find the darkest avenue 

There you'll find the brightest jewel 

Now my name it is Mulvaney 

And I'm known quite famously 

People speak my name in whispers 

What higher praise can there be 

But I'd trade my fine mohair 

For tied-dyes and faded jeans 

If she wanted me some other way 

She's my Cooksferry Queen 

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She gave me one pill to get bigger 

She gave me one pill to get small 

I saw snakes dancing all around her feet 

And dead men coming throught the wall 

Well I'm the prince of this parish 

I've been ruthless and I've been mean 

But she blew my mind as she opened my eyes 

She's my Cooksferry Queen 

Yeaaaaah 

Well she's got every rare perfection 

All her looks beyond compare 

She's got dresses that seem to float in the wind 

Pre-Raphaelite curls in her hair 

She could get the lame to walking 

She could get the blind to see 

She could make wine out of Thames river water 

She could make a believer out of me 

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Yes I'd trade it all tomorrow 

All the wicked things I've been 

She's my bright jewel of the alley 

She's my Cooksferry Queen 

Yes I'd trade it all tomorrow 

All the wicked things I've been 

She's my bright jewel of the alley 

She's my Cooksferry Queen 

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