Young Cleopatra Lyrics - Xtc

I see them offering you gum 

I hear the swarming schoolkids' hum 

A tribe of polyester warriors spellbound 

They bring you offerings to please 

Like cigarettes or new LP's 

You'll have them on their knees and begging 

Just to play with your comb 

One glance from those two eyes 

Will seal your playground empire 

My oh my, what a sight for sore eyes, young Cleopatra 

My oh my, what a wonderful prize, young Cleopatra 

You'll never be a queen unless you do as you're told 

You wouldn't understand it being fourteen years old 

Don't ever give your love for free 

But then again, don't even let it be sold 

You have your teachers in a trap 

There's no age limit or no gap 

To who you set alight with firebombs... 

I'm glad your father is my friend 

And now that school is at an end 

He's only an excuse for me 

To wait here at your palace gates 

One glance from those two eyes 

Will seal your playground empire 

Your school uniform looks grey on others and silver on you 

Your yellow wooden rule a golden sceptre to prove it's true 

You're at the youth club near the drums 

The young guitarist buzzer strums 

Anything his royal majesty wishes 

Your borrowed perfume fills the air 

Pale nostrils start to flare 

It's more than some can bear 

But this is your court and they are your dogs 

One glance from those two eyes 

Will seal your playground empire