Lyrics: David Mead
Music: David Mead
So a man and a woman
Brought out a baby
And the prince of dysfunction
Boy on a string
From a suburban palace
He walked out to freedom
Enslaved to a concept
In the world of a king
And baby is gone
He’s smokin’in a peacoat
A ship on the ocean
A bird on the wing
With a poem and a song
Written in his honor
There’s a concrete assumption
In the world of a king
A guitar and a girlfriend
Just off the turnpike
Near the fountain of ego
Learned how to sing
But the truth shall engage him
With heartbreak and cold cuts
In an unguarded moment
In the world of a king
And baby is gone
She’s dancing on a big stage
With a tear and a tutu
The phone never rings
And he can’t go on
He’s bangin on a keyboard
With an e-mail to jesus
From the world of a king
I took a moment to remember a moonlit night
The conversation by the candlelight was free
It’s never easy only trying to please yourself
I’m never happy with nobody else but me
So a man and a woman
Brought out a baby
And the prince of dysfunction
Boy on a string
He said bring me your tired
Your poor and your hungry
And i’ll love them forever
In the world of a king
And baby is gone
He’s smokin’in a peacoat
A ship on the ocean
A bird on a wing
And he stayed too long
He wore out his welcome
But he’s finally departing
From the world of a king
It’s so far behind him
In the world of a king
Yead,the world of a king