She’s a mien half alive, having an iced glass of vice.
See that girl, dig that scene—Degas’ the Absinthe Queen.

In this boite[1] where the lights are low,
Opalescence is tinged with eau.
There they play some night music—not Salzburg king’s.[2]
Out of the frame a chanteuse sings.
She sits next to a sodden guy;
He is drunk; his fashion ain’t high.
Had a bit of rock sucre[3] ’neath the water line—
She is in no mood to dance
And she has a glazed glance.

She is the Absinthe Queen,
Slung in seat, focused on a dream.
Absinthe queen comes to meet here the Fairy Green,[4] ah oui!
She’s not mean, half alive, having an iced glass of vice.
See that girl, dig that scene—Degas’ the Absinthe Queen.

She appears to have just now yawned;
Her appearance is thujone-spawned.[5]
Will she have another, or maybe two?
She’s in no mood for romance,
Looks like she’s in a trance.

She is the Absinthe Queen,
Drunk in seat, focused on a dream.
Absinthe queen comes to greet here the Fairy Green, ah oui!
In a dream, half alive, having an iced glass of vice.
See that girl, digs the green—Degas’ the Absinthe Queen.


[1]nightclub
[2]Mozart, composer of “A Little Night Music”
[3]sugar—the ritual consists of dripping iced water over a sugar cube suspended over the glass of absinthe on a slotted spoon until the sugar melts
[4]“The Green Fairy,” moniker for absinthe
[5] A ketone and a monoterpene that occurs naturally in two diastereomeric forms: (�')-α-thujone and (+)-β-thujone. It has a menthol odor. Thought by some to be responsible for the alleged psychotropic effects of the beverage.