London Queen

Charli XCX

Right away from Holloway
I said "Mum, this isn't a holiday
Listen up, I ain't coming back
'Til I can fill the shack up with all gold plaques"
Soon come, home run (wack!)
Locket out the park with a baseball bat

When I'm driving on the wrong side of the road
I feel like JFK you know

I never thought I'd be living in the USA
Doing things the American way
I never thought I'd be living in the USA
Living the dream like a London Queen

Now I live in Hollywood
I can't stop even though I know I should
It feels so good, oh yeah, oh oh

When I'm driving on the wrong side of the road
I feel like JFK you know

I never thought I'd be living in the USA
Doing things the American way
I never thought I'd be living in the USA
Living the dream like a London Queen

I never thought I'd be living in the USA
Doing things the American way
I never thought I'd be living in the USA
Living the dream like a London Queen

Living the dream like a London Queen
Living the dream like a London Queen
Living the dream like a London Queen
Living the dream like a London Queen

I never thought I'd be living in the USA
Doing things the American way
I never thought I'd be living in the USA
Living the dream like a London Queen

I never thought I'd be living in the USA
Doing things the American way
I never thought I'd be living in the USA
Living the dream like a London Queen

Living the dream like a London Queen
Living the dream like a London Queen
Living the dream like a London Queen
Living the dream like a London Queen


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London Queen Lyrics as written by Charlotte Aitchison Ariel Rosenberg

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    This song is actually about her making it big in America rather than the UK, which happened. Although I never did understand what she meant by, "(When I'm driving on the wrong side of the road) I feel like JFK you know..."

    IfUSeekAmyon March 04, 2015   Link

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