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Artist: Roger Taylor
Canonical path: /taylor-roger/the-keys
Related lyric paths: 6
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The Keys
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The Keys
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There once was a King of Paris
There was an Emperor of Brazil
There may be a Loch Ness monster
There once was a Buffalo Bill
Now you can search the whole wide planet
Scratching in the mud and worms
But an honest politician
Is just a contradiction in terms!
CHORUS:
And if I had the keys to the kingdom
I'd hand them straight to you
Another time, another place
Another life, another way
Sometimes the last thing you wanna know
Is the truth ...
With your bishops, priests and mullahs
And all your mumbo-jumbo clans
When you're not accepting women
How can you love your fellow men
Now you can search the whole wide planet
Down to viruses and germs
A sensible religion
Is just a contradiction in terms!
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Another love, another time
Another life, another place
Another small way to die
Sometimes the last thing you wanna know
Is the truth!
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Roger Taylor performs "The Keys", and this lyric page sits inside the Roger Taylor catalog on LyroVerse.
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