Lorde – Royals lyrics
Royals
(Ella Yelich-O'Connor and Joel Little)
Recorded: Golden Age Studios, New Zealand
'The Love Club' EP
Release Date: November 22, 2012 (SoundCloud)
Release Date: June 2013
New Zealand Top 40 #1 March 15, 2013
US Billboard Hot 100 #1 October 2, 2013
56th Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo and Song of the Year 2013
Official video YouTube directed by Joel Kefali May 12, 2013 (Vevo)
Int'l and US versions (including schoolmates)
From: 'Pure Heroine' Sept 2013 Studio Album (EMI)
I've never seen a diamond in the flesh
I cut my teeth on wedding rings in the movies
And I'm not proud of my address
In the torn up town, no post code envy
But every song's like
Gold teeth, Grey Goose
Trippin in the bathroom
Bloodstains, ball gowns
Trashing the hotel room
We don't care
We're driving Cadillacs in our dreams
But everybody's like, Cristal, Maybach
Diamonds on your timepiece
Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash
We don't care
We aren't caught up in your love affair
And we'll never be royals (royals)
It don't run in our blood
That kind of lux just ain't for us
We crave a different kind of buzz
Let me be your ruler (ruler)
You can call me Queen Bee
And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, rule
Let me live that fantasy
My friends and I we've cracked the code
We count our dollars on the train to the party
And everyone who knows us knows
That we're fine with this
We didn't come from money
But every song's like
Gold teeth, Grey Goose
Trippin in the bathroom
Bloodstains, ball gowns
Trashing the hotel room
We don't care
We're driving Cadillacs in our dreams
But everybody's like
Cristal, Maybach
Diamonds on your timepiece
Jet planes, islands
Tigers on a gold leash
We don't care
We aren't caught up in your love affair
And we'll never be royals (royals)
It don't run in our blood
That kind of lux just ain't for us
We crave a different kind of buzz
Let me be your ruler (ruler)
You can call me Queen Bee
And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, rule
Let me live that fantasy
Ooh-oh, ooh-oh, oh-oh
We're better than we've every dreamed
And I'm in love with being queen
Ooh-oh, ooh-oh, oh-oh
Life is great without a care
We aren't caught up in your love affair
And we'll never be royals (royals)
It don't run in our blood
That kind of lux just ain't for us
We crave a different kind of buzz
Let me be your ruler (ruler)
You can call me Queen Bee
And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, rule
Let me live that fantasy.
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