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King for a Day

Posted on February 1, 2009October 21, 2015 By Doriano No Comments on King for a Day

Previously, I shared XTC’s “Dear God” but my favorite XTC song is “King for a Day”. It’s a more positive and upbeat song but it also has their trademark message embedded throughout. This one brings back so many good memories so that might be part of the reason why I like it best. 

King for a Day

Everyone’s creeping up to the money god,
Putting tongues where they didn’t ought to be.
On stepping stones of human hearts and souls,
Into the land of nothing for free.
Well the way that we’re living,
Is all take and no giving,
There’s nothing to believe in,
The loudest mouth will hail the new found way,
To be king for a day.
Everyone’s licking up to the new king pin,
Trying to get way up with a smile.
Sing for your supper boy and jump to a finger click,
Ain’t my way of living in style.
cause the ladder gets longer,
And ambition gets stronger,
I can’t satisfy the hunger,
That bad old moon has got you in its sway,
To be king for a day.
You’re only here once so you got to get it right.
(no time to fuss and fight.)
cause life don’t mean much if measured out with someone else’s plight.
(in time you’ll see the light.)
cause the way that were living,
Is all take and no giving,
There’s nothing to believe in,
The loudest mouth will hail the new found way,
To be king for a day.

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