Love was king and Pleasure his queen
Back in the days I thought I knew something
Like the coming of the summer rain
with thunder rattling the window seal
And the lightenings flash crisp and bright
Burning the sky with white streaks of light
Now I’m just a wasted old man
Lost in an age I can’t understand
I’m a lonesome beggar in a foreign land
No dreams of the future
Only nightmares from my past
What ever happened to chivalry and the age of high romance
Of living life truthful and roaming free
With a gallant heart overflowing with beauty and poetry
But that was back in the days I thought I knew a thing
When Love was king
And Pleasure his queen
Before the sky was a Persian blue
A time before I watched the nights bloom
With missiles and rockets and white plume trails
I long for life before the devil knew my name
Before in blood I signed my life away Odd that in youth the thought didn’t matter as much