The red king.

Yesterday I was living in a garden
Since then I've been across the globe
I had a dream Australia was in Auschwitz
I had a queen with the patience of Job
I slept on the grass in the forest
For the duration of a game of chess
Little girls that checkmate the looking glass
You probably know what's best

Now there's lions and tigers in the forest!
Either or I'm probably snoring and we don't even exist
Just swimming in the Dreamtime
Standing in the Woolworths, waiting in the long line for nothing, 'cos
I'm nothing. And you're nothing
You're mad as a hat
I left the manhole open
Now here comes a rat

Whatchoo wanna use?
Ruby slippers? Silver shoes?
I don't really give a damn, just take me home

Yesterday I wasn't even here
But don't you shed a single tear
I'll be coming back next year
Floating on my big blue sphere
Then, I'll be there

There

There

Yesterday I was living in a castle
Made entirely of ivory and glass
From the hill, the fellowship of the chapel
Just a memory that lives in the past
Now I live in a small flat
Made entirely of modesty
And I'm rooming with the goddamn rat
For he will never leave me be

Whatchoo wanna use?
Ruby slippers? Silver shoes?
I don't really give a damn, just take me home

Take
Me home

Take
Me home

Take
Take oh take me home!
Am I doing anyone a wrong?
I just wanna be where I belong!
I just wanna be where I
Belong inside where the moon is gone
Where the queen is lust
And the Tin-man rusts
And the Scarecrow burns burns burns burns burns
Burns burns burns burns burns burns
Burns!