Royals

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 postcode envy



[Pre-chorus:]

But every song's like 

Gold teeth, Grey Goose, tripping 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, tiger's on a gold leash

We don't care

We aren't caught up in your love affair



[Chorus:]

And we'll never be royals

It don't run in our blood

That kind of luxe just ain't for us

We crave a different kind of buzz

Let me be your ruler

You can call me queen bee and baby I'll 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



[Pre-chorus + Chorus]



We're bigger than we ever dreamed 

and I'm in love with being queen

Life is great without a care

We aren't caught up in your love affair



[Chorus]





Produced, Mixed and Engineered by Joel Little

Recorded at Golden Age 

Published by Copyright Control / Sony ATV 

Vocals by Ella Yelich O'Connor

All Instrumentation by Joel Little

Mastering Engineer: Stuart Hawkes of Metropolis