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Artist: Pere Ubu
Canonical path: /pere-ubu/rhythm-king
Related lyric paths: 6
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Rhythm King
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Rhythm King
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There's a great moon-faced fact.
A great a-moon-faced fact.
There's a great a-moon-faced fact.
A great moon-faced fact.
Old man, don't sleep too long.
Old man, don't sleep too long.
There's a great moon-faced fact.
The river's got away and it won't go back.
That's a great moon-faced fact.
The river's got away and it won't go back.
Then it's time to depart.
- In the court of the Rhythm King.
My broken heart.
- Promise him anything.
Woe betide.
- The Lonely Highway.
The old man cried.
There's a great moon-faced fact.
Another great a-moon-faced fact.
There's a great moon-faced fact.
There's a great moon-faced fact.
There's a man gone by.
Turnin on his head,
hangin by a coat,
he was heard to say...
There's a man gone by.
Turnin on ahead,
hangin by a coat,
he was heard to say...
There's a great moon-faced fact.
It busted out the back like a paper sack.
There's a great moon-faced fact.
It busted out the back like a paper sack.
Then it's time to depart.
- In the court of the Rhythm King.
My broken heart.
- Promise him anything.
Woe betide.
- The Lonely Highway.
The old man cried.
I'm a great moon-faced fact.
Another great moon-faced fact.
I'm a great moon-faced fact.
I'm a great moon-faced fact.
Old man - wait too long,
nothing be there but the pot gone black.
Old man, don't wait too long -
nothing be there but the pot gone black.
There's a great moon-faced fact.
Another night's pourin out from a smokin stack.
There's a great moon-faced fact.
Another night's pourin out from a smokin stack.
Then it's time to depart.
- In the court of the Rhythm King.
My broken heart.
- Promise him anything.
Woe betide.
- The Lonely Highway.
The old man cried.
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Pere Ubu performs "Rhythm King", and this lyric page sits inside the Pere Ubu catalog on LyroVerse.
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