Song Lyrics Graham Parker - When I Was King    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> G>> Graham Parker Singer Lyrics [Graham Parker other resources]>> When I Was King Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Graham Parker Music Title/Track: When I Was King Theme ID: 10804 Album: N/A Capo at 2 INTRO: ?? G G C Em When I was King I was not really the man I am now G Am G C I was like anyone sitting on a throne made out of china G G C Em When I was king I had already abdicated C Am G C Already melted my crown down to sell as scrap C But they'd run the first run of stamps D G People had cashed in their post office savings C D C To buy some and lick the back of my neck (C) D I just let them get on with it arrange the coronation G C I just didn't turn up, I just didn't turn up You became Queen to a regime of fixed ideas The subjects just outlines like figures in a shadow cabinet And then we ruled over some green and pleasant land With a frog and a princess not necessarily in that order But if you want it to be What you want it to be You'll have to dethrone me or have me decapitated I didn't want to be King anyway I always preferred to hang out with the servants, the servants When I was King When I was King there was no country left to rule Jesters and fools were leaders all of them a royal pain Now I'm a serf but I'm still trying to be a king But putting the crown on is like putting a silk purse on a sow's ear And if I want it to be Like I want it to be I'll have to assassinate someone with a guitar as a gun On it's good to be King I know that I've been there G G Many, many, many, many kingdoms ago Related Lyrics Random lyrics: Short Memories, Too Many Knots to Untangle, A Brand New Book, Soultime, The Beating Of Another Heart, Yesterdays Cloud, Call Me Your Doctor, Dancing for Money, Everything Goes, Green Monkeys, I Was Wrong, Slash and Burn, Sugar Gives You Energy, The Sun Is Gonna Shine Again, Love Is A Burning Question, Mr. Tender, Oasis, Release Me, Worthy Of Your Love, Hotel Chambermaid, The Heat In Harlem, The Raid, New York Shuffle, The Smart Bomb, Three Martini Lunch, Under the Mask of Happiness, Brass Buttons, Hearts On Fire, In My Hour of Darkness, Kiss The Children, Ooh Las Vegas, She, 10 Million Miles, Be Careful, Big Daddy, Blue Sky, Carry Me, Change, Chief, Christina, Cold As It Gets, Dont Come Easy, Every Little Bit, Flaming Red, Florida, Forgiveness, Go Now, Goodbye, Icicles, Kite, Other Graham Parker song Lyrics Cruel Stage Lyrics Disneys America Lyrics First Day Of Spring Lyrics Force Of Nature Lyrics Haunted Episodes Lyrics Honest Work Lyrics Loverman Lyrics Next Phase Lyrics Partner For Life Lyrics Pollinate Lyrics Big Man on Paper Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Parker Little Junior Lyrics Parker McGee Lyrics Parker Ray Lyrics Parker Ross Lyrics Parker Theory Lyrics Parle Lyrics Parle Lyrics Parliament Lyrics Parliament Syndicate Lyrics Parliment Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy