Ca Ira - Act I - Scene 2: Kings, Sticks, and Birds
Roger Waters
Ringmaster:Ladies and GentlemenImagine a bird on song in a treeAn ordinary bird like you or like meImagine some ruffian happening byAnd beating him within an inch of his lifeThen a priest from some denominationWitnessing this abominationBlesses not the bird but the beastThe Unknown Soldier appears on the fieldAnd takes the bird's feathers to put on his shieldThen a powerful judge from the high courtDecrees that the birds really oughtNot be allowed to sing in the treesBut then one daySome of the priests and soldiers and judgesPutting aside some old worn grudgesChanges their minds and the birds sang againIt was the RevolutionThe Revolution is a story of birdsOf sticks and stones and bushes and bonesChorus:A story of now, a story of thenA story of women, a story of meRingmaster:A story of everything to comeOf everything under the sunHonest Bird, Simple BirdMarie Marianne:Honest bird, simple birdJust longing to be spreading the wordFeeling the rain, feeling the sunBut your time has not comeYour song is not heardHonest birdChorus:Singing is forbidden in the fig treeSinging is forbidden in the olive treeSinging is forbidden in the pear treeNo singing in the olive or the fig or the pear treeNo more singing in the fig treeNo more singing in the pear treeSomeone’s hanging in the oliveThere's someone hanging in the olive treeSinging in the fig tree, that's forbiddenSinging in the pear tee, that’s forbiddenSinging in the olive, that's forbiddenSomeone's hanging in the olive treeSomeone's hanging in the olive treeMarie Marianne:You come to earth, you have no choiceCould be a seamstress or serving girlOr butcher's boyCould be a dead beatOr one of the eliteMaybe the bird ill find his voiceAnd make a choiceFrom all the wheat and all the chaffIt's the knowledge that you gleanMakes you what you'll beAnd the knowledge that you lackA rod for your own backLeaves you in purgatoryHonest bird, simple birdI want to be KingChorus:Make your choice, find your voiceI want to be King, Queen, Courtesan, DauphinI want to be Cardinal, Capitaine, King of KingsI want to be GodSolo Children's Choir:I want to be KingI want to be the QueenI want to be the CourtesanI want to be the DauphinI want to be the CardinalI want to be the CapitaineI want to be the king of KingsI want to be God!I am a great big pigI am the King of FranceHis wife likes to danceI am the Church of RomeI stand behind the throneI am the public purseThey think I'm bottomlessI am the public accountantsI'm in a bit of a messI am the American WarThey say I'm rather greedyI am the national debtI'm big, but needyI am the noble, I am the clergyI am the ordinary manI am hungryI am starvingThis cake needs re-carvingChorus:I'm the, I'm the, ravening wolfI'm the, I'm the, heart of thornsIt's the end of the shield of divine lawI'm the oak treeI am the columbineI am the pig searching for trufflesAnd I am the peacock whose feathers are ruffledLet us break all the shieldsTroublemaker:Let us break all the shieldsAnd soil the ermineTake the oak, and the olive treeMake their philosophy our ownThe pigs eat the acornsThe rich eat the porkThe poor eat the olives and spit out the stoneRevolutionary Priest:All we ask is a little tax from the nobilityThe spat out stone will grow in time into an olive treeWe will smoke our pork over a fire of basilicTroublemaker and Priest:And plant the laurel treeTo make, to make, a wreath, a wreathA wreath to plant the RepubliqueRevolutionary Priest:We will smoke our pork upon the pyre of privilegeThe flames of castles burning will dance from ridge to ridgeWe'll break all the shieldsSpit out all the stonesMake the oak and olive tree's philosophy our ownThe pigs eat acornsThe rich eat the porkThe poor eat the olives and spit out the stonesChorus:We will smoke our pork over a fire of basilicWe'll plant the laurel treeTo make our laurel wreathsA wreaths to crown the Republique
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