Chinese Envoy

Lyrics for Chinese Envoy

She was a princess, much lower than people thought A master of nothing, a mistress of something, she thought (Master of nothing, master of nothing) She could talk about things that never mattered ever In one person's miserable life after another She could talk to the French and Germans at will They'd never listen (master of nothing, master of nothing) (Master of nothing, master of nothing) They never will The Chinese envoy was here, was here but left (whoa) The Chinese envoy was here, was here but left (whoa) Calling out her name, you'd be surprised at what came Galloping out of the darkness just like furniture We'd have lost it all if it hadn't been for Cardinal Richelieu And all his courtiers The Chinese envoy was here, was here but left (whoa) The Chinese envoy was here, was here but left (whoa) You said you never leave You said you never leave You said you never leave again To be with you (whoa) The Chinese envoy was here, was here but left (whoa) The Chinese envoy was here, was here but left (whoa) The Chinese envoy was here, was here but left (whoa) The Chinese envoy was here, was here but left (whoa) In his broken-hearted, broken-hearted, broken-hearted pagoda