O'Connor, Sinead - Queen Of Denmark Lyrics






I wanted to change the world
But I could not even change my underwear
And when the shit got really really out of hand
I had it all the way up to my hairline
Which keeps receding like my self-confidence
As if I ever had any of that stuff anyway
I hope I didn't destroy your celebration
Or your Bar Mitzvah, birthday party or your Christmas
You put me in this cage and threw away the key
It was this 'us and them' shit that did me in
You tell me that my life is based upon a lie
I casually mention that I pissed in your coffee
I hope you know that all I want from you is sex
To be with someone that looks smashing in athletic wear
And if your haircut isn't right you'll be dismissed
Get your walking papers and you can leave now

Don't know what to want from this world
I really don't know what to want from this world
I don't know what it is you wouldn't want from me
You have no right to want anything from me at all
Why don't you take it out on somebody else?
Why don't you tell somebody else that they're selfish?
Weepy coward and pathetic...

Who's gonna be the one to save me from myself?
You'd better bring a stun gun and perhaps a crowbar
You'd better pack a lunch and get up really early
And you should probably get down on your knees and pray
It's really fun to look embarrassed all the time
Like you could never cut the mustard with the big boys
I really don't know who the fuck you think you are
Can I please see your license and your registration?

Don't know what to want from this world
I really don't know what to want from this world
I don't know what it is you wouldn't want from me
You have no right to want anything from me at all
Why don't you take it out on somebody else?
Why don't you tell somebody else that they're selfish?
Weepy coward and pathetic...

So Jesus hasn't come in here to pick you up
You'll still be sitting here ten years from now
You're just a sucker but we'll see who gets the last laugh
Who knows, maybe you'll be the next queen of Denmark





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  1. J.... M....

    I had no idea she covered this track. She sang the shit out of it.

  2. T.... A....

    I wanted to change the world
    But I could not even change my underwear
    And when the shit got really really out of hand
    I had it all the way up to my hairline
    Which keeps receding like my self-confidence
    As if I ever had any of that stuff anyway
    I hope I didn't destroy your celebration
    Or your Bar Mitzvah, birthday party or your Christmas
    You put me in this cage and threw away the key
    It was this 'us and them' shit that did me in
    You tell me that my life is based upon a lie
    I casually mention that I pissed in your coffee
    I hope you know that all I want from you is sex
    To be with someone that looks smashing in athletic wear
    And if your haircut isn't right you'll be dismissed
    Get your walking papers and you can leave now

    Don't know what to want from this world
    I really don't know what to want from this world
    I don't know what it is you wouldn't want from me
    You have no right to want anything from me at all
    Why don't you take it out on somebody else?
    Why don't you tell somebody else that they're selfish?
    Weepy coward and pathetic

    Who's gonna be the one to save me from myself?
    You'd better bring a stun gun and perhaps a crowbar
    You'd better pack a lunch and get up really early
    And you should probably get down on your knees and pray
    It's really fun to look embarrassed all the time
    Like you could never cut the mustard with the big boys
    I really don't know who the fuck you think you are
    Can I please see your license and your registration?

    Don't know what to want from this world
    I really don't know what to want from this world
    I don't know what it is you wouldn't want from me
    You have no right to want anything from me at all
    Why don't you take it out on somebody else?
    Why don't you tell somebody else that they're selfish?
    Weepy coward and pathetic

    So Jesus hasn't come in here to pick you up
    You'll still be sitting here ten years from now
    You're just a sucker but we'll see who gets the last laugh
    Who knows, maybe you'll be the next queen of Denmark

  3. 1.... s....

    Rainha da Dinamarca. Eterno sucesso da Sinead. Bis Cantora excepcional vida longa para ela.

  4. w.... S....

    i was funny enough looking up queen of denmark so whats this song meaning please?

  5. P.... R....

    Why don't you bore the shit out of someone else....

  6. J.... S....

    Cut the mustard ? ..... Love her xoxoxox

  7. E.... R....

    Love her music & her artistic brilliance!

  8. I.... R....

    and don't read the bible until you get to jail !

  9. I.... R....

    I'd like cat and a purple long haired wannsy .somewhere to live where i couldnt get chucked out of and a nice bed. only joking I couldn't give a * uck either.

  10. I.... R....

    funny anthem!! X

  11. P.... L....

    💓💓💓💓💓💓

  12. J.... H....

    Your Genius sista ~Keep it up...I'm about to run away to like California ~ drop who they made for thier sick kicks

  13. M.... M....

    Never to forget ♥️♦️⭐👑

    😂😂😂✋🏻💖💖💖

  14. L.... s....

    Ce qu'elle fait c'est de la drogue dure je n'arrive pas a décrocher.

  15. L.... C....

    Ai e Love Denei cornor

  16. R.... B....

    💖 haHa !! I'm My Head this is called Shit head Trumpet👈💖🐬🎶🎆🎉🎇💖 player and the rest of these Bitches!😇💣☝🎯✌🎈💖

  17. F.... B....

    Write-on Sweet Woman!!! we still need your fearless voice...

  18. �.... �....

    Магда!!! Ты королева моего сердца!!! Я люблю тебя!!!!

  19. a.... b....

    Love sinead such passion is her key

  20. A.... V....

    Very good singer and songwriter no matter what people say

  21. m.... ....

    listen for gods sake the godess

  22. N.... T....

    Flick errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

  23. p.... m....

    Eres la mejor te quiero

  24. s.... ....

    Sinead gaves to song bigger balls :-)

  25. s.... ....

    love this cover, actualy Sinead itroduced me John Grant :-)

    s.... ....

    stratenec me to love his music a cool guy👍

  26. T.... O....

    Prefeita LOVE

  27. R.... E....

    Does she just do covers then?

    R.... E....

    Rupert Evans just research her music

    R.... E....

    wtf...the best songs are the ones SHE wrote...which is 9 out of 10 on each album

    R.... E....

    Makin it in L.A., nothing compares 2 u was a cover or Prince

  28. z.... ....

    She's a legend!!!

  29. V.... S....

    Well done - love you

  30. m.... p....

    I love this song of John Grant.

  31. D.... ....

    In the style of Dylan. Good one.

    D.... ....

    In the style of Dylan??

    D.... ....

    ridiculous concept there

  32. N.... B....

    Hang in there Sinead, You've the heart of a Lioness

    N.... B....

    Yup!!............ and the mental stability of a hungover A-level student..........

  33. E.... C....

    Brilliant!

  34. N.... L....

    It shows the great talent that can captivate everyone

  35. a.... m....

    wonderful version sinead

  36. R.... G....

    She's a wonderful singer and artist. She's very angry.

    R.... G....

    She expresses anger in music she's actually very funny even though life is hard for her🙏

  37. j.... ....

    why don't you bore the shit out of somebody else?

    j.... ....

    @julietspaghetti ...Who.!...are you referring too.?

    j.... ....

    its a line in the song that is like when you are in a fight with your partner you wanna say the meanest thing possible...but you really love them.

    j.... ....

    bore sounded like pour to me but need enlapedia people mis interrupt words im no virgin,rem had a few corkers,tone song refers pizzing in coffee,it outta set balance,i heard this song before lol,gees felt good some guy sang it though lol was it billy bragg?

  38. L.... C....

    Hi good song

  39. L.... K....

    My kind of woman!!!!!       Never know what she will come up with but I LOVE ALL of it!!!!

  40. B.... B....

    sinead never fails to amaze me... she is one of my top ten favorite people..

  41. E.... ....

    i prefer john grants version honestly

    E.... ....

    EvanPlaysPc he played it tonight supporting Elbow. He rocked it up. Amazing

    E.... ....

    Well, it's his song originally, so ...

    E.... ....

    EvanPlaysPc Shut up.

  42. C.... V....

    Me encanto. Un abrazote Juan, Gracias.

  43. m.... ....

    I love the both versions , this one and the one of John Grant , great song

  44. e.... ....

    I don't agree with her use of bad language...

    e.... ....

    @kumeka70 I have to say, I prefer Sinead's version... I believe the words when she sings it, and it's like it's coming from her soal. It hits a cord in me, and I know what she's moaning and bitching about.

    e.... ....

    +eohanrahan To me it's fine if it's an intensifier, to show how strong emotional feelings from the gut are, it's not like people who just casually use it in every sentence, which I suppose she does but she's a very volatile emotional person, so John Grants words work well for her.

    e.... ....

    ohentibi 😂😂👍👍

    e.... ....

    eohanraha why don't you bore the shit out of somebody else??or better still don't fuckin listen if it's to much for your sensitive ears.OK

    e.... ....

    Don't listen to her music then.

  45. W.... S....

    Is every song on this album a hit?

    W.... S....

    Yes I love that album

  46. M.... W....

    Smashing lyrics, and such a powerful emotive performance. Sinéad is the best.

  47. j.... ....

    Love Sinead O. I wish I looked smashing in athletic wear 4 u.

  48. T.... B....

    They should change the name of this song to "Dear Miley"

  49. e.... ....

    Go fuck yourself.

    e.... ....

    ecroxsandoz 😘

    e.... ....

    The feeling is mutual

  50. c.... ....

    Reminds me of "FUN - TONIGHT WE ARE YOUNG"

  51. M.... ....

    je to krásnej song ale mně se nejvíc přece jen líbí originální verze....doporučuju si pustit johna granta :)

  52. L.... ....

    I dream of getting this album! :D

    L.... ....

    LVAOMEGA go buy the fuckin album then

  53. 8.... ....

    not as good as johns simple as that

  54. S.... L....

    De puta madre, nena!

  55. C.... ....

    oh, ok. Well, i agree with most of what you said there.

    I'm not sure it is 'the base', exactly - but her mental state obviously informs much of
    her music.

    I share some of those conditions (not ADHD, though) but i wouldn't want to
    mention them here.

  56. V.... S....

    I enjoy incorporating all sorts of things into my songs that I like, and in addition to that I wanted to express at the end of the song 'The Queen of Denmark' that I have absolutely no idea what I am going to become. It could be anything and the Queen of Denmark is about as random as anything I could think of."

  57. V.... S....

    Grant explained to The Sun April 16, 2010 that this emotionally wringing ballad was inspired by his time in Denmark: "When I first went to Copenhagen, I fell in love with the country, the people and especially the language. That was sort of ironic, because I had always found the language to be quite ugly, but there I was in Denmark, meeting great people and falling in love with their 'ugly' language.

  58. v.... m....

    listen to JG's original version. this is pedestrian and boring. however, her backing vocals on his album are brilliant.

  59. k.... ....

    shes gota brown un

  60. A.... R....

    "Could I please see your license and your registration"

  61. A.... R....

    LOL the underwear part is so funny n_n

  62. f.... m....

    great song great voice

  63. f.... ....

    In Hamlet,the queen of Denmark marries her husbands brother Claudius after he kills her husband the King Hamlet. According to Hamlet, she scarcely mourned her husband's death before marrying Claudius.(she moved on easy) I believe John Grant wrote this after a break up of a relationship of his.

  64. M.... T....

    Oh, thank YOU Sinead, I've been really hungry and it took that far!
    Welcome back, babes!!!
    XOX

  65. d.... ....

    its a great compliment if another top artist wants to cover your song! & as you say they get all the £££££££.

  66. R.... R....

    she is the best

  67. t.... ....

    I think it's a quote of Shakespeare - Amlet ("Where is the beauty of the Queen of Denmark?")

  68. M.... P....

    I like John Grant's original version of this song as well as the whole album "Queen of Denmark", but I think Sinead makes the song pop a bit more.

  69. O.... ....

    awesome. she didn't just pick this song randomly. a perfect fit!

  70. m.... ....

    John gets the songwriting royalties off of this and it has alerted a lot of people to his music. I'm sure he's fine with it. That said, his version is much better and people should search for John Grant Queen of Denmark here on YouTube. His solo piano version is so powerful.

  71. E.... B....

    can anybody explain the meaning of the song to me? :) I don't quite understand 'the next queen of Denmark'? what does that mean? :)

  72. M.... K....

    nadhernej song Sinead je proste super

  73. S.... M....

    I like John Grant and admire his song writing talents, this is dangerous as John owns this song...completely and entirely. This is a true horror, the production, poppyness etc is really unbelievable....Johns new record look good though.

  74. E.... K....

    Song of John Grant I like this song

  75. A.... S....

    I know, that was kind of the point I was making: "in fact if anything, her precarious mental state only intensifies it, reinforces it and probably is the base for many of her artistic endeavors."

    Being myself autistic, ADHD and prown to almost manic depressions, and being, myself, an artist (though in an entirely different discipline) I know all to well the close relation between mental state and artistic result.

  76. C.... ....

    Erm, that is part of who she is.
    Many great (and i mean, truly great) artists had 'precarious mental states'.
    I would say that the Norman Normals of this world typically make art that has little or no emotional or intellectual impact.

  77. a.... ....

    Really love that little riff at 2.47.

  78. j.... ....

    great song

  79. J.... S....

    Beautiful! Love this song!

  80. A.... S....

    I have to agree with the many comments saying John's original is superior, it really is. But, I have to say I do rather like this rendition. I have a strange love and fascination for Sinead, her voice is peculiar and very interesting, I really do love it, as for her statements and oddities, nobody is perfect, it does not change the quality of her art, in fact f anything, her precarious mental state only intensifies it, reinforces it and probably is the base for many of her artistic endeavors.

  81. I.... B....

    Awesome!

  82. e.... ....

    I like this song. Never heard John's version.

  83. n.... ....

    Listen.....donth speak!

  84. S.... ....

    I love Sinead but this song really didn't need to be remade. John Grant wrote it and performed it perfectly. The music on her version is just way off.

  85. e.... ....

    I LOVE THAT SHE RIPPED UP THE POPES PICTURE.

    e.... ....

    Its about time, she should rip some more pictures!!!

  86. R.... M....

    the song reminds me of how I was treated by some Christians who allowed me to live at there place when I was homeless on the streets of Vancouver. maybe some of there religious dogma was justified but its hard to always be on the receiving end. I suppose there's a pecking order no matter what one believes. So much to say and it seems to come out the wrong way. That would be a good opening line for a song.

  87. r.... ....

    Totally agree with Oakenshield1969

  88. A.... ....

    John was her ex husband...

    A.... ....

    AquaticWhipTailz nah John's gay there just friends

  89. s.... ....

    John who?

  90. M.... d....

    i love her but i love john grant more

  91. M.... ....

    We all have issues, she tries. I still love her a lot! Mike

  92. b.... b....

    patrica m. baily is a real bitch.

  93. E.... ....

    Thumbs up if you´re from Denmark.. Or better.. If you´re the queen of Denmark!

  94. O.... ....

    Wish people would actually read the comments. This is John Grant's song, it's been said several times. And his original version is light years better imo.

  95. A.... ....

    This is the Shhiitt!!

  96. T.... ....

    Punk Rock is obviously not dead.