She marks the queen line of her reign And her kingdom is built on pain With little scatterings of love That seem to have come from above As gifts from on high But we all die And it’s something she cannot avoid So she just gets annoyed With me when I speak my mind And I live my life feeling left behind As I try to meet the mark of high standard But the old group have all disbanded And I’m left on my own The flowers are grown But I cannot smell their fragrant bloom When trouble is in the room The kind of grey that kills the butterfly And I don’t know why Anyone would reside In a place they feel they have to hide Their true self from all and sundry And it is just a bank holiday Monday That I make the muse And the power to choose Is just leaving the nest Of the season that knows me best