I Had A King

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
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 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
 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
 Till the end of the year
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 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