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emily scott robinson - magnolia queen lyrics

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[spoken intro – live in birmingham only]
this is the t-tle track off my very first alb-m! i sort of borrowed this off an experience i had in real life.

i was in high school, i was looking for ways to help pay for college, and so i entered what was called “a scholarship compet-tion for young women.” and it turned out that it was actually a beauty pageant. and yes, my girls from the south are laughing, ’cause they’re like, “yeah, that sounds about right!” it’s actually probably still alive and well in alabama, it’s called “junior miss.”

so i showed up somewhat unprepared for this experience, and then kind of blacked out the whole day because it was so traumatizing. but i mean it wasn’t that bad, i kind of sound bitter,––i was a runner-up, but that’s just not really my scene.

so anyways, i had fun imagining what comes after that, you know?

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[verse 1]
i was magnolia queen back in ’63
beat out a hundred girls in the state of tennessee
that’s the kinda crown you wear for more than just a year
came time to give it up, had to hide my tears

[pre-chorus]
well thank god i spent all that time
practicin’ my smile

[chorus]
’cause i had babies, he went to work
we raised the kids up in the church
sundays i pray and sing
mondays are for junior league
thought i wanted all those things
magnolia queen

[verse 2]
lipstick and country clubs, blushing debutantes
decorating some man’s are, that’s all we were taught
send the kids to private school out of the neighborhood
oh yeah, it cost too much but the public school’s no good

[pre-chorus]
and thank god i spent all that time
practicin’ my smile

[chorus]
’cause i had babies, he went to work
we raised the kids up in the church
sundays i pray and sing
mondays are for junior league
thought i wanted all those things
magnolia queen

[bridge]
and when the last one left the nest
that third martini couldn’t fill my emptiness

[chorus 2]
there’re no more babies, and all that work
i’m tired of waking up for church
sat-rday i sneak out
leave him sleeping on the couch
’cause i had every single thing
now all i want’s a change of scene
magnolia queen
magnolia queen
magnolia queen
magnolia queen

- emily scott robinson lyrics

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