I Want To Be King

(album: Ça Ira - 2005)

Make your choice, find your voice

[REVOLUTIONARY PRIEST]
Make your choice, find your voice

[CHORUS]
I want to be King, Queen, Courtesan, Dauphin
I want to be Cardinal, Capitaine, King of Kings
I want to be God

[SOLO BOY]
I want to be the King

[SOLO GIRL]
I want to be the Queen

[SOLO GIRL]
I want to be the Courtesan

[SOLO BOY]
I want to be the Dauphin

[SOLO BOY]
I want to be the Cardinal

[SOLO BOY]
I want to be the Capitaine

[CHORUS]
I want to be the King of Kings
I want to be God

[SOLO BOY]
I am a great big pig

[SOLO BOY]
I am the King of France

[SOLO BOY]
His wife likes to dance

[SOLO BOY]
I am the Church of Rome
I stand behind the throne

[SOLO BOY]
I am the public purse; they think I'm bottomless

[SOLO BOY]
I am the public accounts; I admit I'm a bit of a mess

[SOLO GIRL]
I am the American war and they say I'm rather greedy

[SOLO GIRL]
I am the national debt; I'm big but needy

[SOLO BOY]
I am a noble

[SOLO BOY]
I am the clergy

[SOLO BOY]
I am the ordinary man

[SOLO GIRL]
I am hungry

[SOLO GIRL]
I am starving!

[CHILDREN'S CHORUS]
The cake needs re-carving!

[TROUBLEMAKER]
I'm a ravening wolf

[MALE CHORUS]
I'm a, I'm a, I'm a ravening wolf

[FEMALE CHORUS]
I'm a, I'm a, I'm a heart of thorns

[MALE CHORUS]
It's the end of the shield of divine law

[TROUBLEMAKER]
I'm the oak tree

[CHILDREN'S CHORUS]
I am the oak tree and I am the columbine
I am the pig searching for truffles

[CHORUS]
And I am the peacock whose feathers are ruffled