Joni Mitchell – I Had A King Lyrics  Share

From Joni Mitchell's album: Song To A Seagull

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
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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]
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