Drink up- have yourself another
Take a lady and a gentleman to bed
And when you’re through with them kiss them goodnight
Tell them you love them and it will be alright
Tell them: you’ll leave your throne after tonight
Look onto the ways of wonders earth bound
Head higher then the crown up on the horse
Your body is taut with expansion of thought
When everyone is blooming, you’re the love that you sought
You are the garden that you sought
And if you close your eyes or jeopardize
The bliss or sublime time that you have been living on
I won’t let you forget this is that life where
Dreams come true when you know what you feel is
Right
You consider the lives you’ll leave behind
When you step down you will inherit the same ground
As all your former subjects, left and right
Where gods and death breathe with relief a moment’s sigh
Step down- pedestals are empty
Your time has served a bit too well
Saints, sinners, sages cry as you disrobe
Watching their faiths fall to the floor
I’ll wait with smiles at the door
You consider the lives you’ll leave behind
When you step down you will inherit the same ground
As all your former subjects, left and right
Where gods and death breathe with relief a moment’s sigh
Accept your fear coming from deep inside
Or stay detached upon the perch that you build outside
How proud you’ll be when you must say to
All you meet:
I never left, I’m still the
Prince of my
Former
Life