Following up sharing lyrics to my songs “Empire State” and “Surrealistic Pillow” is another from my more prolific lyrical writing youth—before prose became my profession. I wrote the first verse and melody some time in 1978. The Disco Queen refers to Donna Summer, who suggestively moaned in her hit song “Love to Love You Baby”, which released three years earlier and reached No. 2 on Billboard in 1976.
I tend to write lyrics in complete form, but words with melodies often start out and languish. I didn’t come back to finish “Disco Queen” until November 2003. In posting today, I remove the third stanza and ask commentary about whether or not to keep it.
Disco Queen
Your tiny little nose really turns them on
Boys and girls alike digging flesh and beat
Come night after night to discos they run
To dance to you
They bow at your feet
Do you really have orgasms at sessions?
Or are the moans just for bucks?
Everyone asks, while deep inside
They’d like to get ****
As much as they think you do
The rave’s today, they’re gonna dance and play
Got to feel the beat before her majesty
The wilding ones on the floor make hey
They move to you
And rock with ecstasy
Do you really have orgasms at sessions?
Or are the moans just for bucks?
Everyone asks, while deep inside
They’d like to get ****
As much as they think you do
Your tiny little nose really turns them on
Boys and girls alike digging flesh and beat
Come night after night to discos they run,
To dance to you
They bow at your feet
Do you really have orgasms at sessions?
Or are the moans just for bucks?
Everyone asks, while deep inside
They’d like to get fucked
As much as they think you do
Removed third stanza (chorus would repeat after):
Your sin is yourself and the sex you sell
Because you don’t come as much as they believe
You really get off on the power you weld
You’re a sicker bitch
Than the lies you weave
©1978, 2003 Joe Wilcox
Note: The lyric’s copyright is one of this blog’s exceptions: All Rights Reserved. Because the work as presented here is only partial. Melody is missing.
Photo Credit: Christian Kadluba