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Queen of Broken Souls

from Dirt Road Confessional by Jeffery Straker

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written by: Jeffery Straker and Karen Kosowski (SOCAN)

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Queen of Broken Souls

They come for the excitement and the Vegas hype
The velvet curtains drawn too tight
This dim lit room like honey for bees
Oh how misery loves company
Whiskey and a steady chain of cigarettes
They can butt em out but they can’t forget
There’s nowhere else that they can go
A single spotlight warms to a glow

Chorus
Cleopatra plays piano while the audience looks on
At first she sings a show tune then she sings a slow sad song
In her gold and silver sequins once the queen of rock and roll
Now her court’s a lonely theatre she’s the queen of broken souls

Bartender smiles and pours another round
He’s helping all their sorrows drown
One wrong turn off the yellow brick road
How it happened nobody knows

Chorus

One more number from her catalogue of hits
The chords all sound the same, the choruses never change
Everybody knows the words, but no one moves their lips
Put a coin in the machine she’ll sing you anything

Chorus

credits

from Dirt Road Confessional, released May 19, 2017
QUEEN OF BROKEN SOULS | Jeffery vocals, piano Robyn Dell'Unto mandolin, programming, backing vocals Aaron Goldstein steel guitar, electric guitar, banjo

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Jeffery Straker

Jeffery is a Canadian singer-songwriter-pianist (folk-roots) touring 100+ shows yearly. He performs in theatres, clubs, living rooms & at festivals. He's also performed his music in concert with symphony orchestras.
-Western Canadian Music Awards (2019)-Winner
-Roots-Folk Artist of the Year/Saskatchewan Music Awards (2020) ... more

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