Bad King Wenceslas looked out
on the scene of sirens
blue lights flashing round about
the neighbourhood environs
Fiercely shone the chopper lights
bullhorn shouts were cruel
negotiator came in sight
struggling to stay cool
Hither page and stand by me
if thou know it telling
yonder agent who is he?
where and what his dwelling?
Sire he lives a good league hence
underneath a mountain
works for government defence
narco crime accountin’
Bring my vest and bring my piece
bring my bullets hither
thou and I will this guy grease
send his brothers hither
Page and monarch forth they went
forth they went together
till their weapons all were spent
and down they went together
Sire the night is darker now
and the wind blows stronger
fails my heart I know not how
I can go no longer
Hark my footsteps my good page
tread thou in them boldly
thou must find the righteous rage
to freeze thy blood less coldly
In his master’s steps he trod
past the cars so dented
the heat was in the very sod
and Wenceslas demented
Thus shall gangsta men be stopped
wealth or junk possessing
ye who now do waste the cops
shall all soon be resting
Super, Jim…just super!!!
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Thanks so much, Bev!
You know – for the longest time I thought the song was…. Good King Wences last looked out… which gave it a tragic twang…
This new lyric is a kind of American Gangster version. It’d be great if Denzel Washington played the king. He’d be amazing, doing all that looking out…. 🙂 x
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