Chinese Envoy (Music For a New Society)

She was a princess, much lower than people thought

A master of nothing, a mistress of something she thought

She could talk about things that never mattered ever

One person's land miserable life after another

Talked to the French and Germans at will

They never listen

They never will

The Chinese envoy was here

The Chinese envoy was here

The Chinese envoy was here but left

Yes, the Chinese envoy was here

The Chinese envoy was here but left

Calling out her name, you'd be surprised at what came

Galloping out of the darkness just like furniture

We'd have forgiven all if it hadn't been for Cardinal Richelieu

And all his courtiers

But the Chinese envoy was here

The Chinese envoy was here but they left

Yes, the Chinese envoy was here

The Chinese envoy was here but left

In his broken-hearted pagoda