How can you take the crown from
the queen of compromise?
How can you figure out
whether he just lies?
How can you be on both sides when
you don't know her agenda?
How can you be on both sides when you
don't know where to end up?
How can you look into her
heart or look into her eyes?
Y 'all only get halfway with creed,
compromise
Ah, yeah
If you wanna be a jester,
you better get a funny hat
If you have to impress her,
you better do better than that
She doesn't give a fig if you're
horrible or pleasing
You might be a prick and that's
a lot of you she's teasing
If you want to drive her home,
we'll wait for the surprise
She'll only go halfway if we
don't comprom ise
She's got all the angles covered
Your advances will get smothered
Cause that's the way,
yeah, that's the way
And if you think you're in the running
She'll start running every
way but your way
Cause there ain't no way out now
How can you take the crown from the
Queen of
Compromise?
How can you get her hand a
little further than your flies?
If you wanna be a joker,
you bet ter take another toe
If you want to smoke a right,
you better be prepared to choke
It's not completely honest and
it's not a pack of lies
It's somewhere in between, oh, the
Queen of
Comprom ise
Yeah, if you think she looks alright
She'll turn her face and then
you'll see another side
There's always another side
And if you blink and look again
You'll find that you've been
taken for half a ride
By the
Queen of
Compromise
How can you take the crown from the
Queen of
Compromise?
How can you settle down with
her and cut her down to size?
If you want to be a jester,
you better get a funny hat
If you want to impress her,
you better do better than that
Oh, I'm not covered with myself,
I'm naked in apron ties
I'd only go halfway for the
Queen of
Compromise
Got you on your half way to
clean up compromise
Got you on your half way, yeah
To clean up compromise
Ah, yeah