Talis Kimberley - Archetype Cafe lyrics

Lady MacBeth said to Helen of Troy When they finished the wine they'd been drinking "I'm all for regicide once in a while, but Helen, dear, what were you thinking?" Helen smiled back enigmatically, for she'd Never much cared what her friends say And the Ladies' Historic Society meets Down at Archetype Cafe on Wednesday... Helen confided to the warrior, Jeanne d'Arc That the war would have happened without her And Joan with her visionary eyes all aflame Had seen k**ing enough not to doubt her Circe was conjuring bacon and eggs To the evident delight of young Sovay And the Ladies' Historic Society meets Down at Archetype Cafe on Wednesday... And Lady Macbeth chaired the meeting and gave An impa**ioned plea for us to hear that the maddened and Murdering witches, hags who*es and b**hes Are history twisting the tale So they'll tell you Medea was jealous, they'll tell you Boudicca took poison and died and they'll give you a Line to yourself, or a place on the shelf If you wedded a better-known male 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 When the Ladies' Historic Society meets Down Archetype Cafe on Wednesday And before Lady Mac thanked the speakers The questions rang out from the floor We challenged our daughters' perceptions to change And we challenged our sons' even more Oh they'll tell you Boudicca took poison, Circe was Wicked, and Sovay was hung they'll tell you Evita was idolised, Mary was holy & Pure, Juliet was too young They'll tell you that... Helen was 'pretty' and poor Joan was 'mad' And 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 Cafe was now I'd book us all tables for Wednesday...