
Date of issue: 09.05.1996
Record label: The Handsome Family
Song language: English
The King Who Wouldn't Smile |
There was a king who wouldn’t smile |
Sat on the toilet reading «The Trial.» |
His dogs chased their tails 'round and 'round |
Midget cars arrived stuffed with clowns who served him quail eggs on toast |
There was a king who never laughed |
Fell in love with a two-headed calf |
Filled his bath with razor blades |
Tattooed his arm with the ace of spades |
But the grass made fun of his shoes |
There was king who cried and cried |
Mice crawled in his shoes to die |
He cried so much that herds of deer gathered |
To lick his salty tears so the king crawled under his bed |
Like a fish at the bottom of a pail |
Like a cricketswallowed by a whale |
Like a chipmunk who’s chewed off his tail |
The king who wouldn’t smile |
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