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Joni Mitchell - I Had A King Lyrics

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  • I had a king in a tenement castle
  • Lately hes taken to painting the pastel walls brown
  • Hes taken the curtains down
  • Hes swept with the broom of contempt
  • And the rooms have an empty ring
  • Hes cleaned with the tears
  • Of an actor who fears for the laughters sting-
  • (chorus)
  • I cant go back there anymore
  • You know my keys wont fit the door
  • You know my thoughts dont fit the man
  • They never can they never can
  • I had a king dressed in drip-dry and paisley
  • Lately hes taken to saying Im crazy and blind
  • He lives in another time
  • Ladies in gingham still blush
  • While he sings them of wars and wine
  • But I in my leather and lace
  • I can never become that kind -
  • (chorus)
  • I had a king in a salt-rusted carriage
  • Who carried me off to his country for marriage too soon
  • Beware of the power of moons
  • Theres no one to blame
  • No theres no one to name as a traitor here
  • The kings on the road
  • And the queens in the grove till the end of the year-
  • (chorus)

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