I Had A King (Live)

I had a king in a tenement castle

Lately he's taken

To painting the pastel walls brown

He's taken the curtains down

He's swept with the broom of contempt

And the rooms have an empty ring

He's cleaned with the tears

Of an actor

Who fears for the laughter's sting

I can't go back there anymore

You know my keys won't fit the door

You know my thoughts don't fit the man

They never can

They never can

I had a king dressed in drip dry and paisley

Lately he's taken to saying

I'm 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

I can't go back there anymore

You know my keys won't fit the door

You know my thoughts don't fit the man

They never can

They never can

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

There's no one to blame

No there's 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

I can't go back there anymore

You know my keys won't fit the door

You know my thoughts don't fit the man

They never can

They never can

They never can

They never can