Queen of Suffolk County (2021)    (video)

 

"Boston police have apprehended a woman tonight

in connection with a stabbing outside a Chatham St bar.

She'll be arraigned at Suffolk Country courthouse in the morning."

 

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1. She had hair like a skyscraper and an even bigger attitude,

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    some called her precious, others rude.

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    She liked the sketchy guys, telling tales, telling lies,

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    yeah, Jameson and ginger were her bounty.

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    She was the toast of the town,

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    and when she came around they'd say ...

 

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Well, if it ain't the queen of Suffolk County !

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    Here comes the queen of Suffolk County !

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You'd best stay out of her way,

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yeahyou know she's here to stay,

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    'cause she's the queen of Suffolk County.

 

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2. She had style, she had grace, she had a knife and she had mace,

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    always causing trouble for the boys at Shawn’s.

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    She'd bring you to your knees, she did just as she pleased,

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    yeah, cocaine and violence were her bounty.

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    She was the toast of the town,

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    and when she came around they'd say ...

 

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Well, if it ain't the queen of Suffolk County !

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    Here comes the queen of Suffolk County !

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You'd best stay out of her way,

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she don't joke and she don't play,

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    'cause she's the queen of Suffolk County.

 

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+  She's tough like a tiger, she's all dressed up,

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    she's soft like a kitten but she'll still mess you up !

 

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3. This girl would bring you to your knees,

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    this girl, she did just as she pleased,

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    yeah, our minds and our money were her bounty.

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    She was a stunner in gazelles, yeah, she rung all ten bells,

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    she was fire, she was lust,

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    she was the devil with a bit of angel dust !

 

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Well, if it ain't the queen of Suffolk County !

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    Here comes the queen of Suffolk County !

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She don't joke and she don't play,

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yeah, you know she's here to stay,

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    'cause she's the queen of Suffolk County.

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    Yeah, she's the queen of Suffolk County !

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    Here comes the queen of Suffolk County,

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    'cause she's the queen of Suffolk County.

 

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(orig. = capo 3rd)    (Dropkick Murphys)