Crash Reprise (1793) Lyrics — The Queen of Versailles

Crash Reprise (1793)

MARIE ANTOINETTE & FRENCH COURT:
1793 — alas, we fear
Will not be our favorite year

MARIE ANTOINETTE:
It's been so long since
I have seen Versailles

MARIE & FRENCH COURT:
And now we've only time
For a rather quick goodbye
Ah, but if you please
Before we must depart
Across the centuries,
May we say this from the heart?

Congratulations to your American aristocracy
Unlike us, you've found a neat solution
You've found a way to fix
What you like to call "democracy"
So you will never see a revolution

You've got your peasants thinking
They're tomorrow's millionaires
And that your special privileges
Will somehow soon be theirs
No mob will storm your palaces,
No blade across the throat for you

LOUIS XIV:
Instead, it seems your peasant class
Will all turn out to vote for you

FRENCH COURT:
So congratulations, one percent,
On being oh-so-clever
And making sure that this time,
The kingdom goes on forever

LOUIS & MARIE:
Goodbye...
Last Update: July, 09th 2026