Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song I Had a King , by - Joni Mitchell. Release date: 28.10.2012
Song language: English
I Had a King |
| 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- |
| (CHORUS) |
| 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 — |
| (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 |
| There’s no one to blame |
| No there’s no one to name as a traitor here |
| The king’s on the road |
| And the queen’s in the grove till the end of the year- |
| (CHORUS) |