King Lear's Blues (Cordelia)

I was feeling down and broken hearted

Like there was very little left for me to lose

So I started to sing about the way it all started

A pyramid to all of my dues

I fell into a trance, and I started to dance

And imagine myself King Lear

Alone on the heath with trembling teeth

And nothing but fear to fear

Oh no no no no no no

"Cordelia, Cordelia, my darling daughter

Don't you recognize your old man?

I suffered for sure when I froze on the moor

So give me all the sympathy you can"

"Say, daddy," she said, "you're a long way from dead

You can walk, you can talk, you can bend

And if you think you've seen the worst of it

Then no one's told you about the end"

Oh no no no no no no

Well that scared me some, and I started to wonder

Just when things got out of control

You made a pact with the muse of the blues

And she called you, you're bluffin' that ace in the hole

"I guess I'll throw in my hand, well would you be happy then?"

Cried the resident voice from the skies

Well so is the man who sings the blues

No matter how much he cries

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Down at the pier, a message appears

In a bottle floating in the brine

And it says, "If you think your story beats 'em all

Then buddy you ain't heard mine"

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