Queen of Denial

31 October 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.