Nur Ein VII - Elizabeth the Great

[Caravan Ray]

Elizabeth the Great
by Genevieve Johnson and The Chiefs


One morning down by the Cliffs of Moher
2 mighty ships lay flailing
flying the flag of the king of Spain
desperate voices wailing

Padre, del hijo y del espirito santo
dios, nos salve, salvenos*

One hundred seventy christian souls
we rescued from the waves
cursing the name of the heretic queen
and her pirate Drake

And how the fireships of Gravelines***
showed the folly of their king
and they swore that from the English shore
they heard the children singing

Regina Gloriana
and the ships did burn
Regina Gloriana
and the storm did blow
Regina Gloriana
and the children sang
Regina Gloriana

Boetius Clancy saw the San Estoban crew
With orders from Fitzwilliam he told us what to do
In the name of that old red hag**, the foulest of her sex
we were to take them all to Cnoc an Chrocaire
and hang them by their necks

Regina Gloriana
hear the children sing
Regina Gloriana
while the corpses swing
Regina Gloriana
hear the children sing
Regina Gloriana
while the corpses swing



* From Google translate:
Father, son and holy spirit
god save us, save us

**"...Queen Elizabeth was widely remembered in Ireland as the Cailleach or ‘Hag,’ and as ‘The Red Hag",
http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclar ... apter9.htm

*** hmmmm...it has just occurred to me that that is a French or Flemish word, not English - so I have completely mispronounced it. Oh well.... I suspect my Spanish and Irish pronunciations are appalling too.

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Elizabeth the Great
by bgm

you never let me call you Betty no more
you're someone different when you walk outside that door
I kinda think I liked you better before
you tried to be somebody else

you roll your eyes at everything that I say
pretend you didn't used to talk the same way
it's like you're phonier with every day
you're turning into someone else

this was a temporary state
when I decided I should wait
guess I'm a little bit too late 
now you're Elizabeth The Great

it would have gotten even worse if I'd stayed
now you can be with all those friends you think you've made
if there were someway I could make it a trade
I'd pick the one you were before

this was a temporary state
when I decided I should wait
guess I'm a little bit too late 
now you're Elizabeth The Great

when you decide who to be
I'll make a point to come see you 
and tell you all of the reasons you should be more like me

you never let me call you Betty no more
you're someone different when you walk outside that door
I kinda think I liked you better before
you tried to be somebody else

this was a temporary state
when I decided I should wait
guess I'm a little bit too late 
now you're Elizabeth The Great

[frankie big face]

Elizabeth the Great - Frankie Big Face

Little Liza Barrett from the Upper West Side
Wakes up every morning, wipes the sleep from her eyes
And takes her painted pony for a capital ride
Then it's backwards down the stairs to her parents' bedside

Henry is a doctor and Anne is a nurse
They are bound to each other for better and for worse
And if one is gonna leave, it will be in a hearse
But they'll have to survive their baby daughter first

Now it's into the high chair and down with the tray
You'd better strap her in before she wriggles away
And she'll make her declaration like she does every day

She says "I am Elizabeth the Great
And I don't have to clean my plate anymore!"
And she tosses her oatmeal on the floor
And says "You're not the boss of me no more!"

You may find her at the nursery singing the blues
With her fellow three-year-olds and some terrible twos
She says "They call this a bib—well I call it a noose
And one of these days you know I'm gonna cut loose"

An afternoon nap in the taxi and then
The solitary confinement of the so-called "play pen"
She dons her tiara and she says it again

She says "I am Elizabeth the Great
And I don't have to clean my plate anymore!"
And she tosses her peas on the floor
And says "You're not the boss of me no more!"

Little Liza Barrett has a plan to escape
She's been saving up her crackers, some cheese and some grapes
And she's fashioned her blanket into a cape
But it's gonna have to wait until a future date

[Manhattan Glutton]

The song is about a girl the narrator is seeing, named Betsy. The song indirectly is referring to her as Queen Elizabeth the Great, in a sort of ironic way, because she's kind of prudish and wants the narrator to be a greater man than he is. This is the narrator's goodbye letter to her, because he's tired of dealing with her crap.


if you were my valentine, i'd cherish you
and take you out to dine
the joy would soon begin to wane
as you build up your reasons for disdain

i haven't got the time
haven't got the time
to get you close to me
i haven't got the time
haven't got the time
to make this work

you don't like how i dress and act
and tell that to your friends behind my back
some of that is probably true but let's keep it between just me and you

i haven't go the time
haven't got the time
for you to mother me
i haven't got the time
haven't got the time
to be that great

so i like you and you like me
but what you want is what i cannot be
the picture you've got in your head
is not me but some perfect guy instead

i haven't got the time
haven't got the time
for you to lecture me
i haven't got the time
haven't got the time for you, betsy
i haven't got the time
haven't got the time

[RangerDenni]

ELIZABETH THE GREAT
by: I, DJ Ranger Den

Every time we go to the grocery store you make a scene...
We can't take a detour down to the HEB*.

You're a vigilante that's plain,
you've made it your mission to obtain
every lobster in the lobster tank.
We can't keep all these creatures that you take!

Stealing crustaceans every day -
bringing them back home to my place ...
am I gonna have to give all these creatures names?
...because I look around and baby, they all look the same!

I've got your ultimatum here,
and so, it's either you or the snappers gotta go.
But you look around and see, you don't like that very much - the either/or - but this is so strange!
...after I've kicked you out the house is very very quiet; but there's still an odd smell behind the bookshelf in the British history section..!
(I'm very particular about where I file things!)

so I creep up to the shelf
I don't trust myself to breathe
I'm real sad that you left, but I don't think that Mr. Snappy wants to leave...
(maybe it's a girl, how do you tell?)
She looks at the book of history
and then she looks up at me
like she wants to conquer everything
in her lobster dreams...

The lobster looks at me....
I sit and I wait and
I look at the lobster..
and she tells me her name's
Elizabeth the Great...

So I walk my lobster all over town
we don't care about no one else that's around
we don't mind nobody's business but our own!
we never come early, we always arrive late
Me, Myself, and I and Elizabeth the Great!

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*H.E.B. is a grocery store down here (very regional).

[Ross]

Elizabeth the Great
By Ross Durand
with additional vocals by Sierra Elizabeth Durand
(yes that really is her middle name)

Narrator:
Lizzy heads outside for the day
Never knows what she'll find
Overgrown backyard could be a whole world
You kn ow it's all in her state of mind

Like what's that - over there? Stomping through the brush
A dragon killing everything around
She prepares for a battle royale
When her momma calls here in and brings the whole thing down

Lizzy:
I  have to eat my vegetables
And clean my plate
But inside I'll always be
Elizabeth the great.

Narrator:
And she's headed back out - laser gun in tow
For her moonscape escapades
Tentacles on aliens, holding her down
Then she's rescued by the very same space dog she saved

When the evil spacecat from planet nine
Comes bounding through the woods
So she takes out her bow made of rubber bands and straws
 But momma wags her finger as she draws back to shoot

And this morning momma told her that she probably won't see daddy very much anymore
Maybe on weekends and on holidays, but She'll see him that's for sure

Lizzy:
I can take on dragons and invaders from space
No challenge too big for Elizabeth the great!

Narrator:
So the sun is going down on another day of play
And the world has slowly turned back to yard
And the house her family lived in is right over there
And though she saunters back slowly it isn't very far

Lizzy:
I had to come inside whenthe lights went on
After playing all day all alone
And I'm sad cause our table only has two plates
But inside I'll always be Elizabeth the great

[furrypedro]

Elizabeth the Great by The Worldly Self-Assurance


faces in the wind
together we can rule this piece of land

standing in our way
your clumbsy wife and a
mediocre life

standing in this room alone and looking out
at all these things and all these things are mine

i would give it all to you

they wait for you to fall
everyone's alone
you stood above the rest
the best

father had his faults
but at least he always would get what he wants

lie to me and tell me everything i wished for us will be

growing up with you was a blast i didnt know
my love would last this long

they wait for you to fall
everyone's alone
you stood above the rest the best

defete the plots and schemes
they're living in a dream
and Marlowe couldn't make this up

100 ships from Spain
Couldn't stop the reign
Sidonia passed on the blame

its hard to feel sorry for someone like me
but there is one thing i will never know

i will forever be married to england

they wait for you to fall
everyone's alone
you stood above the rest the best

standing in this room again looking down
its time to close the drapes and forget

the sun would never set on our love
this love that would not be.