{"id":46972,"date":"2025-09-25T12:46:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T12:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=46972"},"modified":"2025-09-25T12:46:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T12:46:23","slug":"about-the-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2025\/09\/25\/about-the-king\/","title":{"rendered":"About the King"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XVI\/About-the-King.mp3\">About-the-King.mp3<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XVI\/About-the-King.mp4\">About-the-King.mp4<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XVI\/About-the-King-Pt-2.mp3\">About-the-King-Pt-2.mp3<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XVI\/About-the-King-Pt-2.mp4\">About-the-King-Pt-2.mp4<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XVI\/About-the-King-intro.mp3\">About-the-King-intro.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\nHere&#8217;s the thing&#8230;<br \/>\n(About the king)<br \/>\nWorse than no clothes<br \/>\n(He&#8217;s got no knows)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nFar from a Midas touch<br \/>\n(His touch is shhh&#8230; it!)<br \/>\nOut of touch&#8230; much<br \/>\n(The dimmest of wit)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nHere&#8217;s the thing&#8230;<br \/>\n(About the king)<br \/>\nWorse than no clothes<br \/>\n(He&#8217;s got no knows)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nCut it off (to spite his face)<br \/>\nTwo-faced (hypocrite)<br \/>\nLies, cheats, steals<br \/>\n(Whatever he feels)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nThe Louis XVI of France (dance)<br \/>\nExecuted by guillotine (bloody scene)<br \/>\nAristocratic extravagance<br \/>\n(Ignorance and arrogance)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nHere&#8217;s the thing&#8230;<br \/>\n(About the king)<br \/>\nWorse than no clothes<br \/>\n(He&#8217;s got no knows)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nCut it off (to spite his face)<br \/>\nTwo-faced (hypocrite)<br \/>\nLies, cheats, steals<br \/>\n(Whatever he feels)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nHere&#8217;s the thing&#8230;<br \/>\n(About the king)<br \/>\nWorse than no clothes<br \/>\n(He&#8217;s got no knows)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nCut it off (to spite his face)<br \/>\nTwo-faced (hypocrite)<br \/>\nCut off the other<br \/>\n(There&#8217;s hope he&#8217;ll smother)<br \/>\nLies, cheats, steals<br \/>\n(Whatever he feels)<br \/>\nArt of the deal?<br \/>\n(Just bull spiel)<\/p>\n<p><strong>From the album &#8220;<a href=\"\/songwriter\/tag\/killing-humor-isnt-funny\/\">Killing Humor (Isn&#8217;t Funny)<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> <span style=\"color: #ff00ff; font-family: David, FrankRuehl; font-size: 300%;\">T<\/span>he <tt>xxDANg3r_Usxx<\/tt> <span style=\"font-family: Impact;\">Adventures<\/span> <i>of<\/i> <span style=\"color: #00ff00; font-family: Courier New; font-size: 300%;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/mootmute\/\"><strong>mootmute<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About-the-King.mp3 About-the-King.mp4 About-the-King-Pt-2.mp3 About-the-King-Pt-2.mp4 About-the-King-intro.mp3 [Intro] Here&#8217;s the thing&#8230; (About the king) Worse than no clothes (He&#8217;s got no knows) [Verse 1] Far from a Midas touch (His touch is shhh&#8230; it!) 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