"No use of standing gaping and aghast / Although I can certainly understand"

Tomorrow Never Comes

The King of Spain shot a tame drunken bear
In Russia on a trip he took up north
A King of Spain is a pain anywhere
Dramatizing things demeaning the worth
Of tame drunken bears as they roll downstairs

Is it "long live the king" and never mind
A drunken bear ended up dramatized?

It gives me pause but I am not surprised
That the King of Spain had a bear behind
Since this is not the first time nor the last
The present was prevented by the past
Tomorrow never comes in any case
No use of standing gaping and aghast
Although I can certainly understand

Just apologize for our human race
We even kill each other on command
And tell God sort them for us to our will
The King of Spain has a bear behind still
As the past returns and the future burns

It is "long live the king" and never mind
A drunken bear ended up dramatized

+Steven Curtis Lance



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