Don't Lose Your Head, Marie!

The world has fickle ways, Marie.

Winds of discontent keep blowing.

Gratitude drowns in despair.

Sometimes it's hard to keep on going.

Alliances are doomed to fail

When the light inside grows dim.

The world becomes a dangerous place

When human reason gives in to whim.

 

Are you a victim of circumstances?

Of family ambitions? Possibly.

Do you know enough to know

That knowing might have set you free?

Are you completely oblivious

When people drag your name through the mud?

What about the rumors that you

Desire to bathe in the people's blood?

 

Don't lose your head, Marie.

Keep your cool. Think about it.

The reason is simple: you know there's

Not much you can do without it.

 

Are you using others, or is it

More that others are using you?

We know your penchant for lavish spending

Isn't hard to misconstrue.

Did you really plaster your walls

With gold and diamonds? Please say no.

Denying it won't help you now.

It was the gossip long ago.

 

Public opinion is not based

On wisdom, reason, and facts, my dear.

I wish I were able to tell you that

Rumors and talk are nothing to fear.

A high profile is all that you need

For people with minds cruel and perverse

To criticize your character

Or--heaven forbid!--do something worse.

 

Don't lose your head, Marie.

Keep your cool. Think about it.

The reason is simple: you know there's

Not much you can do without it.

 

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