When I Was King
Graham Parker
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Pre>capo at 2 intro: ? ? G g see em When I was king I was not really the man I am now G am g see I was like anyone sitting on a throne made out of china G g see em When I was king I had already abdicated See am g see Already melted my crown down to sell as scrap See But they'd run the first run of stamps D g People had cashed in their post office savings See d see To buy some and lick the back of my neck (c) d I just let them get on with it arrange the coronation G see 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 when I was king Repeat when I when I over g and see /pre>
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Written by: GRAHAM THOMAS PARKER
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