Oscar Wilde Lyrics

A playwright, a poet

A dandy man

Living on the edge

Of the Laws of the land

Being Earnest was important

A grand success

And Dorian Gray

One of your best

But You were too bloody gay Oscar Wilde

You were born in the right place

But you were born at the wrong time

Your humour and sarcasm

Your dash and your flair

You're a big Irish gay

And we don't care

With Alfred Douglas you had a ball

But The marquis of Queensberry

Was your downfall

The prejudice back then

For the love of men

Sent you to Jail

Persecuted again

You were too bloody gay Oscar Wilde

You were born in the right place

But you were born at the wrong time

Your humour and sarcasm

Your dash and your flair

You're a big Irish gay

And we don't care

You fought in the courts for a way to be free

But you were set up by Queensberry

You hoped that the law would let you be you

But the laws of the day were archaic and cruel

Hurtful to you

You continued to write

So deep so profound

The ballad of Reading Jail

A heart wrenching tale

Your so long gone

Over a hundred years

But your works live on

And bring us all to tears