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Queen of Denial

  • Writer: Debra
    Debra
  • Dec 28, 2025
  • 1 min read

New Year's Eve 2025


Queen of Denial

by Pam Tillis, Bob DiPiero and Jan Buckingham;

Changes by Debra Milligan


Well,

 

I said he had a lot of potential.

 

He was just so misunderstood.

 

You know,

he really didn’t mean

to treat me so mean:

 

He wanted to be good.

 

And I swore,

 

One day I’d tame him,

even though he loved to run

hog wild.


Just call me Cleopatra

cause I’m the Queen of Denial.

 

I knew he didn’t have any money

 

That’s why he couldn’t buy me a ring.

 

Oh,


and just because he bought himself

a brand new pickup truck,

 

That really didn’t prove a thing.

 

And he never had to say he loved me:

 

I could see it every time he smiled!


Just call me Cleopatra, everybody,

cause I’m

 

The Queen of Denial.

 

Queen of Denial

Buying all his alibis

 

Queen of Denial

Floating down a river of lies.

 

Now, I’m not gonna jump

to any conclusions

 

And throw away this perfect romance

 

Even though I saw him dancing

last night

 

With a girl in leopard skin pants.

 

Oh, he’s probably stuck in traffic


and he’ll be here

In a little while.

 

Just call me Cleopatra,

everybody,

cause I’m

 

The Queen of Denial.

 

Queen of Denial

Buying all his alibis

 

Queen of Denial

Just floating down a river of lies.

 

Queen of Denial

 

He sure taught me how to swim

 

And now this Queen of Denial

is swimming

 

without him.

© 2026 by Debra Milligan

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