Filk: King of Spain (To the tune of King of Pain)

[dr4b]

This was inspired by Bridget Spitznagel about 4 years ago now, and it was on my mind, so I decided to actually write it. I cannot decide if this is utterly brilliant or just plain WRONG.


King of Spain
To the tune of "King of Pain" by the Police
(new lyrics, as always, by Deanna Rubin)

Here's a little black tale of my royalty
It's the same as told by peasantry
There's a time I wore silks and joked with queens
'Till one night when I crept into palace greens

Chorus:
I have cleaned many floors of many solid stains,
Working out in the Skydome or in pouring rain,
Serving pizza real slowly, drives 'em all insane,
It's not my destiny to be the King of Spain

Here's a little black tale of my royalty (no more humble pie)
It's the same as told by peasantry (no more humble pie)
There's a time I wore silks and joked with queens (no more humble pie)
'Till one night when I crept into palace greens (no more humble pie)

(CHORUS)

There's a palace up there I once called home (no more humble pie)
There's Queen Lisa, unspeakable beside the throne (no more humble pie)
There's a tower room where I held affairs (no more humble pie)
Made the weekends big and gave kids eclairs (no more humble pie)

(CHORUS)

Bridge:
There's a king on a throne near a video feed
There's a cell phone ringing from the OPEC lead
There's a rich man lowering our interest rates
There's an overhead roof and food on all our plates

There's a night I hid till the moon turned pitch (no more humble pie)
In the palace garden we made the switch (no more humble pie)

That's the little black tale of my royalty
It's the same as told by peasantry

I have driven Zambonis after hockey games
Jamming with Moxy Fruvous in the pouring rain,
Serving pizza real slowly, drives 'em all insane,
It's not my destiny to be the King of Spain

King of Spain
King of Spain
King of Spain, I'll no longer be
King of Spain, I will never be
King of Spain...


(And uh, to point it out since two people asked so far -- no, the idea is, the TUNE is "King of Pain" by the Police -- it's on Synchronicity, surely you've heard it, it's like "There's a little black spot on the sun todaaaaaaay", but the STORYLINE is that of "King of Spain" by Moxy Fruvous. Arr. jgoodman says I really ought to now try to write the song the OTHER way, except I'm not sure how that would go... "Once I was the King of Pain / Now it's my soul up there"?)