Frank Turner - Long Live the Queen lyrics

I was sipping on a whiskey
When I got the call
Yeah, my friend Lex was lying in the hospital
She'd been pretty sick for about half a year
But it seemed like this time
The end was drawing near

So dropped my plans and jumped
The next London train
I found her laid up and in a lot of pain
Her eyes met mine and then I understood
That her weather forecast wasn't
Looking too good

So I sat and spun her
Stories for a little while
Tried to raise her mood and
Tried to raise a smile
But she silenced all my ramblings with
A shake of her head
Drew me close and listen
This is what she said now:

"You'll live to dance another day
It's just now you'll have to dance
For the two of us
So stop looking so damn depressed
And sing with all your heart
That the Queen is dead"

Yeah, she told me she was sick
Of all the hospital food
And of doctors, distant relatives
Draining her blood
She said "I know I'm dying but
I'm not finished just yet
And I'm dying for a drink
And for a cigarette"

So we hatched a plan to
Book ourselves a cheap hotel
In the centre of the city
And to raise some hell
Lay waste to all the clubs and then
When everyone else is long asleep
Then we know we're good and done

And South London's not the same any more
The Queen is dead and the last of the greats
Has finally gone to bed

Well, I was working on some words
When Sarah called me up
She said that Lex had gone
Asleep and wasn't waking up
And even though I knew that there
Was nothing to be done
I felt bad for not being there and now, well
She was gone

So I tried to think what Lex
Would want me to do
At times like this when I was feeling blue
So I gathered up some friends
To spread the sad, sad news
And we headed to the city for a drink or two
And we sang

"We live to dance another day
It's just now we have to dance
For one more of us
So stop looking so damn depressed
And sing with all our hearts
Long live the Queen"