Jackie Evancho lyrics for 'I Had A King'

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I Had A King

Song info : Songwriter: Joni Mitchell
Info: Joni Mitchell wrote this song about the breakdown of her marriage to
American folk singer Chuck Mitchell
Time: 3:49
Release date: 9 september 2022
Found on CD: Carousel of Time
Produced by: Fred Mollin

Jackie said about Joni Mitchell : Stepping into the world of Joni Mitchell was inspiring and a pleasure to say the least. I had a lot of fun learning more about Joni Mitchell through her music, as well as finding ways to make it my own.

Listen to I Had A King :

Lyrics :
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

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
Latеly he's taken to saying "I'm crazy and blind"
He livеs 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

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 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 'til the end of the year

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
They never can, they never can

The front cover for Jackie's album 'Carousel of Time'

The back cover for Jackie's album 'Carousel of Time'

Date: 9 september 2022

Source: Jackie Evancho YouTube

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