Lyrics The Baby King, Pt. 1 - The Residents

The Baby King, Pt. 1

Once there was a baby, and the baby wanted to be king because kings were good
and kings were strong and kings were the best of everything.
Would you like to
be king?
I would
You would, huh?
I don’t know
Well, he worked and he worked and he worked so hard to be a king and never let
go of it his mind.
All the time kept thinking «I wanna be a king,
I wanna be a king, I wanna be a king», but he’s still a baby because really
only babies want to be king, because…
He wasn’t a king?
No, not yet, he wasn’t a king yet, but he wanted to be a king ‘cause kings are
good and kings are strong and kings are the best in everything
So a stranger came up to the baby and the stranger said «Follow me,
and I’ll make you a king».
And he did, and the baby became a king,
and for one real big shiny moment he was happy