The Queen's Regrets

The Queen’s Regrets I used to be a toy for man A wretched life I had began Feigned in my burlesque light Each night was am internal fight They’d come to me and I’d fulfill the pay And then suddenly I was tossed away They want my body not my soul This heart no man hope to stole No feelings of tender love and care This life, for me, was hard to bear I gave up hope of a love so true And desire of starting a life that’s new But suddenly something came to change Even when things seemed so vain And when I felt engrossed with pending doom I saw him, all the way across the room