Gumball Queen

from Love in the Time of Robots & Aliens by The 143

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lyrics

Gumball Queen, you blow my mind,
with rainbow colored Valentines—
If I had a quarter, you would know
You helped me bubblegum the blues,
So, I keep getting stuck on you,
If I had a quarter, it would grow.

You're a queen,
and I play the fool
who dreams
he could walk you home from school.

And, I don't mean to burst your bubble,
but, could we talk, if it ain't trouble?
I just wanna feel that life is sweet...

Gumball Queen, you blow my mind,
with rainbow colored Valentines—
If I had a quarter, you would know
You helped me bubblegum the blues,
So, I keep getting stuck on you,
If I had a quarter, it would grow.

She's so sweet,
Gumball Queen

Too shy
to talk to you in Gym,
but, I'll try,
when you're not with him

Juicy Fruit and Double Bubble,
when you're near I turn to rubble.
Wish that I could sweep you off your feet...

"You don't need some gum to chew,
I would love to walk with you.
I just wanna show you life is sweet."

Gumball Queen, you blow my mind,
with rainbow colored Valentines—
If I had a quarter, you would know
You helped me bubblegum the blues,
So, I keep getting stuck on you,
If I had a quarter, it would grow.

She's so sweet,
Gumball Queen
She's so sweet,
Gumball Queen
She's so sweet,
Gumball Queen

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from Love in the Time of Robots & Aliens, released February 14, 2023
Words & Music by N.A. Smolenski

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