No one ever let you see
The Citizen King
Ruling the fantastic architecture of all the burning cities
Where we buy and sell
La la la la la la la la la la la la
That the Snark was a Boojum all can tell
But a rose is a rose is a rose
Said the Mama of Dada as long ago as 1919
You make arrangements with the guard
Halfway round the exercise yard
To sugar the pill
Disguising the enormous double-time the king pays to Wordsworth
More than you or I could reasonably forfeit to buy...
Double-time the king pays to Wordsworth
More than you or I could reasonably buy...
If we live (we live) to tread on dead kings
Or else we'll work to live to buy the things we multiply
Until they fill the ordered universe
Down beneath the spectacle of free
No one ever let you see
The Citizen King
Ruling the fantastic architecture of all the burning cities
Where we buy and sell
La la la la la la la la la la la la
That the Snark was a Boojum all can tell
But a rose is a rose is a rose
Said the Mama of Dada as long ago as 1919...
Down beneath the spectacle of free No one ever let you see The Citizen King Ruling the fantastic architecture of all the burning cities Where we buy and sell La la la la la la la la la la la la That the Snark was a Boojum all can tell But a rose is a rose is a rose Said the Mama of Dada as long ago as 1919 You make arrangements with the guard Halfway round the exercise yard To sugar the pill Disguising the enormous double-time the king pays to Wordsworth More than you or I could reasonably forfeit to buy... Double-time the king pays to Wordsworth More than you or I could reasonably buy... If we live (we live) to tread on dead kings Or else we'll work to live to buy the things we multiply Until they fill the ordered universe Down beneath the spectacle of free No one ever let you see The Citizen King Ruling the fantastic architecture of all the burning cities Where we buy and sell La la la la la la la la la la la la That the Snark was a Boojum all can tell But a rose is a rose is a rose Said the Mama of Dada as long ago as 1919... Explain Request ×
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