Long Live The Queen - Songbook Version

I was sipping on a Whiskey when I got the call
 My friend Lex was lying in the hospital
 She'd been pretty sick for about half a year
 But it seems like this time the end was drawing near
 So dropped my plans and jumped the next London train
 I found her laid up and in a lot of pain
 Her eyes met mine and then I understood
 That her weather forecast wasn't looking too good
 So I sat and spun her stories for a little while
 Tried to raise her mood and tried to raise a smile
 But she silenced all my rambling with a shake of her head
 Drew me close and listen this is what she said now
 You'll live to dance another day
 It's just now you'll have to dance for the two of us
 So stop looking so damn depressed
 And sing with all your heart that the Queen is dead
 She told me she was sick of all the hospital food
 And of doctors, distant relatives, draining her blood
 She said I know I'm dying, but I'm not finished just yet
 I'm dying for a drink and for a cigarette
 So we hatched a plan to book ourselves a cheap hotel
 In the centre of the City and to raise some Hell
 Lay waste to all the clubs and then when everyone else is long asleep
 We know we're good and done
 You'll live to dance another day
 It's just now you'll have to dance for the two of us
 So stop looking so damn depressed
 And sing with all your heart that the Queen is dead
 And South London's not the same anymore
 The Queen is dead
 And the last of the greats has finally gone to bed
 Well I was working on some words when Sarah called me up
 She said that Lex had gone asleep and wasn't waking up
 And even though I knew that there was nothing to be done
 I felt bad for not being there and now, well, she was gone
 So I tried to think what Lex would want me to do
 At times like this when I was feeling blue
 So I gathered up some friends to spread the sad, sad news
 And we headed to the City for a drink or two
 And we sang
 We live to dance another day
 It's just now we have to dance for one more of us
 So stop looking so damn depressed
 And sing with all our hearts, long live the Queen