The Deplorable Word

(ahhhh) Cracking whips and creaking wheels Groaning slaves and trampling heels Sacrificial drums

ring loud Chariots thunder through the crowd

Such was the great City of Charn How one secret caused great

harm All did end when all did heard

From her lips the Deplorable Word

Civil war of sister queens two

City gates rebels got through

Roar of battle on every street

Three days under the sisters' feet

Such was the great City of Charn How one secret caused great

harm All did end when all did heard

From her lips the Deplorable Word

Magic

was not to be said As the river ran dark red But

the promise soon broken 'Cause the city's armies fallen

Such was the great City of Charn How one secret caused great

harm

All did end when all did heard From her lips the Deplorable

Word

Up the stairs sister did race Till she met me face to

face Victory! She loudly cry

Yes, just not yours,

but I!

Such was the great City of Charn How one secret caused great

harm

All did end when all did heard From her lips the Deplorable

Word

So, was that all glorious scene

When I, Jadis, was the queen

Now this place of an old sun

Is but ruins and life are none

Such was the great City of Charn How one secret caused great

harm All did end when all did heard From my lips the

Deplorable Word (mmmmm)