[00:12.630]I was sipping on a Whiskey when I got the call
[00:15.380]Yeah, my friend Lex was lying in the hospital
[00:18.000]She'd been pretty sick for about half a year
[00:20.620]But it seems liked this time the end was drawing near
[00:23.370]So dropped my plans and jumped the next London train
[00:26.170]I found her laid up and in a lot of pain
[00:28.920]Her eyes met mine and then I understood
[00:31.600]That her weather forecast wasn't looking too good
[00:34.410]So I sat and spun her stories for a little while
[00:37.470]Tried to raise her mood and tried to raise a smile
[00:40.210]But she silenced all my rambling with a shake of her head
[00:42.960]Drew me close and listen, this is what she said now:
[00:47.920]"You'll live to dance another day"
[00:53.470]"It's just now you'll have to dance"
[00:56.460]"For the two of us  so stop looking so damn depressed"
[01:04.760]"And sing with all your heart that the Queen is dead"
[01:09.100]Yeah, she told me she was sick of all the hospital food
[01:12.090]And of doctors  distant relatives  draining her blood
[01:14.590]She said "I know I'm dying"
[01:16.270]"But I'm not finished just yet"
[01:17.710]"I am dying for a drink and for a cigarette"
[01:20.210]So we hatched a plan to book ourselves a cheap hotel
[01:22.900]In the centre of the City and to raise some Hell
[01:25.710]Lay waste to all the clubs and then when everyone else is long asleep
[01:29.740]Then we know we're good and done
[01:33.590]"You'll live to dance another day
[01:38.960]It's just now you'll have to dance
[01:41.950]For the two of us
[01:44.820]So stop looking so damn depressed
[01:50.300]And sing with all your heart that the Queen is dead"
[01:59.350]And South London's not the same anymore
[02:05.060]The Queen is dead
[02:10.860]And the last of the great has finally gone to bed
[02:18.930]Well I was working on some words when Sarah called me up
[02:22.190]She said that Lex had gone asleep and wasn't waking up
[02:25.900]And even though I knew that there was nothing to be done
[02:28.840]I felt bad for not being there and now, well she was gone
[02:32.330]So I tried to think what Lex would want me to do
[02:36.140]At times like this when I was feeling blue
[02:39.820]So I gathered up some friends to spread the sad sad news
[02:43.750]And we headed to the City for a drink or two
[02:47.740]And we sang
[02:50.300]"We live to dance another day"
[02:57.110]"It's just now we have to dance for one more of us"
[03:04.660]"So stop looking so damn depressed"
[03:11.890]"And sing with all our hearts
[03:15.560]"LONG LIVE THE QUEEN!"