I Had a King-Joni Mitchell

[ti:I Had A King] [ar:Joni Mitchell] [al:The Studio Albums (1968-1979)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]I Had a King - Joni Mitchell (琼尼·米契儿) [00:05.07]Written by：David Crosby [00:10.15]I had a king in a tenement castle [00:14.64]Lately he's taken [00:15.78]To painting the pastel walls brown [00:21.44]He's taken the curtains down [00:27.00]He's swept with the broom of contempt [00:30.10]And the rooms have an empty ring [00:35.60]He's cleaned with the tears [00:37.45]Of an actor [00:38.65]Who fears for the laughter's sting [00:47.68]I can't go back there anymore [00:51.84]You know my keys won't fit the door [00:56.16]You know my thoughts don't fit the man [01:01.07]They never can [01:04.59]They never can [01:09.70]I had a king dressed in drip dry and paisley [01:14.03]Lately he's taken to saying [01:16.32]I'm crazy and blind [01:20.70]He lives in another time [01:26.46]Ladies in gingham still blush [01:29.42]While he sings them of wars [01:32.69]And wine [01:35.28]But I in my leather and lace [01:38.37]I can never become that kind [01:47.11]I can't go back there anymore [01:51.36]You know my keys won't fit the door [01:55.71]You know my thoughts don't fit the man [02:00.64]They never can [02:04.20]They never can [02:09.33]I had a king in a salt rusted carriage [02:13.75]Who carried me off to [02:15.11]His country for marriage too soon [02:20.85]Beware of the power of moons [02:26.33]There's no one to blame [02:27.79]No there's no one to name [02:30.51]As a traitor here [02:35.33]The kings on the road [02:37.37]And the queens in the grove [02:40.72]Till the end of the year [02:47.61]I can't go back there anymore [02:51.95]You know my keys won't fit the door [02:56.39]You know my thoughts don't fit the man [03:00.86]They never can [03:05.17]They never can [03:11.04]They never can [03:14.72]They never can