| There was a king, there was a king, Em D7 G
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| he was brave like a lion, Am Em H7 C
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| There was a king, there was a king, Em D7 G
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| king without queens. |
| Am Em H7 Em
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| He, apart from bread, ate nothing, did not drink wine,
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| He had one consolation: war, war.
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| And day and night in the saddle, in the saddle, and day and night with the sword,
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| he raced, raced along the ground, and blood flowed in a stream
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| behind him, behind him, and ahead is a dawn halo,
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| and an eagle glimmered in the darkness on the shackled chest.
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| Days flew by, years rushed by, he did not close his eyes,
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| oh, what drove him to where the eternal clang of swords,
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| about what drove him on a campaign, forward, like a horse - a whip,
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| oh, what drove him forward, to seek fire and death.
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| And sow death every time, trample someone else's crops...
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| That was something above us, that was above all.
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| Answer, answer, find the answer, forget it at once,
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| answer, answer, find the answer, but don't be like that yourself.
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| He did not lay down his honor before his enemies,
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| he lived his life in battle, he lived his life!
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| Drive horses, drive horses, wealth, death and power,
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| but what in the world is stronger, but what is stronger than passion.
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| Enemies will understand, fools will forgive, and who will memorize the role,
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| that martyr, that soldier, soldier, dead man, king.
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| Say goodbye, say goodbye, say goodbye to him, say goodbye, whose fault,
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| that peace and quiet is needed by some, others need war,
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| and a fraction of hooves, and a fraction of life, campfires.
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| One is the impact of the earth on the coffin, the other is the clarinet of the dawn. |