This King Is Poor

[2003 CD Edition Bonus Track]

Yeah, you won't get rich today

Because they way you woke up was like a perfect failure

You dreamt last night you were the king of the country

Whilst the sun was beneath you, burning up Australia

Someday you will be counting up your cars with glee

Hoping your life won't end up bent around the belly of the tree

And when the good fairy grants you three wishes they will be

To have as many pound notes as there are fishes in the sea

But as your dream gets sucked away

You get fat and they'll never let on

You're not the cream of the court anymore

She took this king from his queen

Now this king is poor

It would be good if you could just quit arguing

It would be good if you could run away and hide

But you go with the wind, and go with the tide

Just like any time she murders your pride

You made one error when she called you a king

You looked in the mirror and the mirror said

"you're not the same as you were before"

The result is plain

Now this king is poor

Looking for you between the palace walls

And the tumbled-down halls

And the kitchen grime

Anywhere where there's a disco wine

Anywhere where there's nighttime swine

Anywhere where I can find your kind

And the plaster's in lumps and the paper's peeled

The chairs are in trunks, on the ceilings I can see the cracks

And the holes in the floor

And I am king of this hill of rats

That's why this king is poor

No, I'm not the same as I was before

No one to blame for making this king poor

The king is poor