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From the album Arrival, Dancing Queen was a #1 Billboard Hot 100 hit for ABBA in 1977.

Songwriter:
Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus & Stig Anderson


Stats:
Genre: Disco
Length: 3:51

Desperate Queen
Parody of "Dancing Queen" by ABBA
(Esther 2:5-18, 3:8-15, 4:1-5:8, 7:1-10)

You can stand – You can fight
Rather than hide all your life
See that girl -- Watch what she
Did as a desperate queen

Mordecai was a nice fellow
Looking after an orphan girl
In the Persian town Susa
Never did he think
She'd come to meet the king
Esther was a beauty, that's right
Nice and young and a cutie pie
And the lady was Jewish
And they were despised
Their enemies had plans

And then she'd get the chance
To become a hand-picked queen
From the streets – oh, it's heavenly
Handpicked queen
She'll be free from the tyranny
Oh yeah

You can stand – You can fight
Rather than hide all your life
See that girl -- Watch what she
Did as a desperate queen

Sure, it's easy to turn and run
Leave the work to another one
Looking out for your brother
When you are a Jew
Sure is a brutal task

But when you get the chance
You ought to stand and be
Unafraid of your destiny
Esther – she'd
Feel the heat from the enemy, oh yeah!

You can stand – You can fight
Rather than hide all your life
See that girl -- Watch what she
Did as a desperate queen
Did as a desperate queen

Esther 4:16
"Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not
eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my attendants will fast as
you do. When this is done, I will go to the king, even though it is against
the law. And if I perish, I perish."


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