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Tell The King
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One of my 'Dylanesque' tunes, except for the bridge.
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bluegrass, roots rock, r&b, alt country, blues
This site features songs I wrote and recorded over the last several years with my wife Cathy and various other musical collaborators and friends. The early stuff was done at B-Scene Studios in Edmonton (Thanks Todd!) and the more recent stuff done at home with a Zoom digital recorder. The additional players on these recordings include Bruce Brososky on guitar and bass, Steve Lemiski on drums and percussion, and Graham Calder and Laurent Arams on guitar. Bruce, Steve, Laurent and I perform as Urban Bunny, and sometimes as Kitty and the Cool Cats (basically a classic rock cover band), with Cathy fronting. Bruce and Cathy each have their own Soundclick sites as well, which you can check out from the links below in my "Fans" section. (kittyxule, Bruce Brososky).
Song Info
Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic Rock
Charts
Peak #719
Peak in subgenre #123
Author
Terrence R Taylor
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Terrence R Taylor
Uploaded
June 24, 2008
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MP3 5.4 MB • 128 kbps • 5:50
Story behind the song
I'm not sure where this song idea came from. I do recall it was one of those that just kind of came out...not the usual 'pulling teeth' battle to get the lyrics. The arrangement was fun, because I used an open-tuned (G) acoustic guitar for the rhythm and then raunched it up with crunchy electric. There is also a quite different instrumental bridge in the song, something my friend Steve says I need to do more of in my songwriting :)
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TELL THE KING © T.R. TAYLOR TELL THE KING THE JESTER’S LOST HIS HEAD WE USED TO LIKE THE WAY HE DANCED, NOW THE PEOPLE WANT HIM DEAD IT’S NOT SO MUCH THE WAY HE SINGS, BUT ALL THE THINGS UNSAID THAT MAKE US WONDER IF IT’S REALLY HIM OR SOMEONE ELSE INSTEAD EVEN IF HE MAKES US LAUGH, HE MAKES US CRY SOMEBODY TELL THE KING THAT THE JESTER HAS TO DIE OOOOH WE’LL FILL HIM FULL OF LEAD THE JESTERS LOST HIS HEAD TELL THE KING TO MAKE A PLAN FOR SETTING RIGHT ALL THE SPIRITS OF THE DAYTIME, THE SPIRITS OF THE NIGHT WE DON’T WANT NO TROUBLE BUT IF IT COMES TO IT WE’LL FIGHT SOMEBODY TELL THE KING CAUSE HE’S THE ONLY KING IN SIGHT WE’RE GOING TO FAIL , WE ALWAYS KNEW, BUT STILL WE’LL TRY WE’LL SEE A CHANGE OF SOME KIND BY AND BY OOOH AS HE LOOKS DOWN FROM THE HEIGHTS TELL THE KING TO SET THINGS RIGHT AND TELL ME WHO’S THIS WOMAN, WHO ACTS LIKE SHE’S THE QUEEN? SHE’S GOT THE ROYAL EARS, BUT NOTHING IN BETWEEN SHE CLAIMS TO HAVE A PALACE THAT NO ONE’S EVER SEEN SHE THINKS EVERYBODY LOVES HER BUT SHE’S LIVIN’ IN A DREAM SHE SAYS SHE’LL BE THE BRIGHTEST IN THE SKY SHE SAYS SHE’LL BE THE HIGHEST OF THE HIGH SHE WANTS ATTENTION, TELL HER SHE CAN HAVE HER TURN COME NIGHTFALL, WE’LL NEED A WITCH TO BURN TELL THE KING THAT THERE’S A STENCH UPON THE LAND EVEN THOUGH THE TAXES WERE COLLECTED AS HE PLANNED THERE’S STILL A LOT OF POLICY THAT NO ONE UNDERSTANDS WHO SUPPORTS THE KING TODAY? LET’S SEE A SHOW OF HANDS WE KNOW THE KING, THE KING HAS GOT HIS SPIES WE KNOW THEY’LL TRY TO HIDE HIM FROM OUR EYES BUT NOW THE WALLS ARE ALL UNMANNED TELL THE KING TO TAKE A STAND
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Jamey Darnold
Jun 27, 2008
AND TELL ME WHO’S THIS WOMAN, WHO ACTS LIKE SHE’S THE QUEEN? SHE’S GOT THE ROYAL EARS, BUT NOTHING IN BETWEEN Nice lyric! Interesting open 'G' guitar tuning, great production, One fine tune that put something between my ears!