Intro
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[Verse]
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The attic's filled with records unheard of for many years
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When the radio plays old songs she has no time for tears
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She skipped the class reunion for the homecoming queen
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And she knows you can't go back, friends, to sweet little sixteen.
[Chorus]
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And the Queen of 1959 is happy trying to be
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A# dedicated lady, she's got love for her family
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And she sure looks good to me
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She's my everything, she treats me like a king
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She's a lady.
[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
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My favorite cheer leader finds her hair streaked with grey.
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Instead of drive-in movies she'd rather see a play.
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I know that her initials are carved in a desk somewhere
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And like rock and roll heroes, ponytails have been combed from her hair.
[Chorus]
F# G#7 A#m
And the Queen of 1959 is happy trying to be
F# G#7 A#m F#
A# dedicated mother and a wife and a friend to me
A#m F#
And she sure looks good to me
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She's my everything, she treats me like a king
C#
She's a lady.
[Instrumental]
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[Outro]
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The attic's filled with records unheard of for many years