Death Valley Queen, where have you been?   Since they crowned you in glory   Filled your head with dreams   But it still goes to show in every desert   There's a rose that's blooming for all to be seen      I remember you well from that town you did dwell   With the face of an angel in a dump hot as hell   When I asked for a kiss you kindly dismissed   So I lead my poor heart to the slaughter      Tell me dear what did you fear?   I'd do you no wrong though no stranger to sin   So Death Valley Queen go marry your king   Or an old maid you'll end up for certain      Off I did set on my trail of regret   Where I thought of you now in your castle and crown   So I found me a whore with a face just like yours   After several gallons of porter      When I awoke, she had scampered I was broke   Laying cold in the bed with a whale for a head   So Death Valley Queen go marry your king   Or an old maid you'll end up for certain      Then the ball dropped why everything fell by the way   As your teardrops were falling I forgot to say   That I have always loved you   Yeah, I have always loved you   Yeah I, yeah I, I have always loved you      When I returned downtrodden and burned   There were billy goats grazing   Where once you'd be found   So I hung out to dry on this limb for a lie   Take me back for I'm cursed on the mainland      Tell me dear what did you fear   I'd do you no wrong though no stranger to sin   So Death Valley Queen go marry your king   Or an old maid you'll end up for certain      I said, "Death Valley Queen go marry your king   And a-roving, I'll end up for certain"