Archetype Café by Talis Kimberley Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Lady Macbeth said to Helen of Troy
When they'd finished the wine they'd been drinking
"I'm all for regicide once in a while
But Helen, dear, what were you thinking?"
Helen looked back enigmatically
For she'd never much cared what her friends say
And the Ladies' Historic Society meets
Down Archetype Café on Wednesday…
[Verse 1]
Helen confided to the warrior Jeanne d'Arc
The war would have happened without her
And Joan with her vision'ry eyes all aflame
Had seen killing enough not to doubt her
Circe was conjuring bacon and eggs
To the obvious delight of young Sovay
The Ladies' Historic Society meets
Down Archetype Café on Wednesday…
[Verse 2]
And Lady Macbeth chaired the meeting
Gave an impassioned plea for us to hear
That the maddened and murdering witches
Hags, whores, and bitches
Were history twisting the tale
Oh they'll tell you Medea was jealous
They'll tell you Boudicca took poison and died
They'll give you a line to yourself
Or a place on the shelf
If you wedded a better-known male
[Verse 1]
Rapunzel was braiding the hair of the werewolf
Who always wore scarlet for hunting
Annes Bonney and Boleyn were fencing again
For the prize of a worn baby bunting
Josephine Baker's twelve princesses danced
Isadora kept score with Salome
The Ladies' Historic Society meets
Down Archetype Café on Wednesday
[Verse 2]
And before Lady Mac thanked the speakers
The questions rang out from the floor
We challenged our daughters' perceptions to change
We challenged our sons' even more
Oh, they'll tell you Medea was jealous
Circe was wicked, and Sovay was hung
They'll tell you Evita was idolised, Mary was holy
And poor Juliet was too young
[Outro]
They'll tell you that… Helen was "pretty", poor Joan was "mad"
Medea was "jealous", and I was just "bad"
And the Ladies' Historic Society dines
On the finest of foods and the choicest of wines
And if I knew where Archetype Café was now
I'd book us all tables for Wednesday…
Lady Macbeth said to Helen of Troy
When they'd finished the wine they'd been drinking
"I'm all for regicide once in a while
But Helen, dear, what were you thinking?"
Helen looked back enigmatically
For she'd never much cared what her friends say
And the Ladies' Historic Society meets
Down Archetype Café on Wednesday…
[Verse 1]
Helen confided to the warrior Jeanne d'Arc
The war would have happened without her
And Joan with her vision'ry eyes all aflame
Had seen killing enough not to doubt her
Circe was conjuring bacon and eggs
To the obvious delight of young Sovay
The Ladies' Historic Society meets
Down Archetype Café on Wednesday…
[Verse 2]
And Lady Macbeth chaired the meeting
Gave an impassioned plea for us to hear
That the maddened and murdering witches
Hags, whores, and bitches
Were history twisting the tale
Oh they'll tell you Medea was jealous
They'll tell you Boudicca took poison and died
They'll give you a line to yourself
Or a place on the shelf
If you wedded a better-known male
[Verse 1]
Rapunzel was braiding the hair of the werewolf
Who always wore scarlet for hunting
Annes Bonney and Boleyn were fencing again
For the prize of a worn baby bunting
Josephine Baker's twelve princesses danced
Isadora kept score with Salome
The Ladies' Historic Society meets
Down Archetype Café on Wednesday
[Verse 2]
And before Lady Mac thanked the speakers
The questions rang out from the floor
We challenged our daughters' perceptions to change
We challenged our sons' even more
Oh, they'll tell you Medea was jealous
Circe was wicked, and Sovay was hung
They'll tell you Evita was idolised, Mary was holy
And poor Juliet was too young
[Outro]
They'll tell you that… Helen was "pretty", poor Joan was "mad"
Medea was "jealous", and I was just "bad"
And the Ladies' Historic Society dines
On the finest of foods and the choicest of wines
And if I knew where Archetype Café was now
I'd book us all tables for Wednesday…