There's a wonderful world where all you desire
And everything you've longed for is at your fingertips
Where the bittersweet taste of life is at your lips
Where aisles and aisles of dreams await you
And the cool promise of ecstasy fills the air
At the end of each working day she's waiting there

I'm in love with the Queen of the Supermarket
As the evening sky turns blue
A dream awaits in aisle number two

With my shopping cart I move through the heart
Of a sea of fools so blissfully unaware
That they're in the presence of something wonderful and rare
The way she moves behind the counter
Beneath her white apron her secret remains hers
As she bags the groceries her eyes so bored
And sure she's unobserved

I'm in love with the Queen of the Supermarket
There's nothing I can say
Each night I take my groceries and I drift away
And I drift away

Items from my ???
At night I pray for the strength to tell her
When I love I love I love I love her so
Take my place in the check-out line
For one moment her eyes meet mine
I'm lifted up, lifted up, lifted up, lifted up

I'm in love with the Queen of the Supermarket
Though her company cap covers her hair
Nothing can hide the beauty waiting there
The beauty waiting there

I'm in love with the Queen of the Supermarket
I'm in love with the Queen of the Supermarket

As I lift my groceries in to my car
I turn back for a moment and catch a smile
That blows this whole fucking place apart

I'm in love with the Queen of the Supermarket
I'm in love with the Queen of the Supermarket
I'm in love with the Queen of the Supermarket
I'm in love with the Queen of the Supermarket


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Queen of the Supermarket Lyrics as written by Bruce Springsteen

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    Bruce likes to write in metaphors. One of his most well known metaphors is driving a car. Bruce uses this as a metaphor for making love. For example in his song "Drive All Night" it is not about going driving all night long, it is about making love all night long. Likewise when the protagonist goes driving a stolen car in the "Stolen Car" song, it is actually a metaphor for having sex with somebody that is not your significant other. Bruce has also a song called "Pink Cadillac". The pink Cadillac is here a metaphor for something that all women have and what all normal men want, so now you understand what driving a pink Cadillac is all about.

    Anyway, let's think what the song "Queen of the Supermarket" is all about. The supermarket here is a metaphor for life itself. Then the queen of the supermarket is obvious. She is the love of your life. She is the one that you have spent most of your life with. The aisles and aisles of dreams are life episodes that you look back on. This song is about your mortality and about a sentimental longing for the past. The whole album "Working on a Dream" is about this. We can all relate to this. We are all going to grow old.

    wanderlust59on July 24, 2016   Link

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