(Words: Costello, music: Michael Thomas)
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Beneath the turquoise pools and emerald jewels
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There lie the broken spines of seven ships
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The skulls of careless fools and coins of gold
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Pour from the banks that proffer puckered lips
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I am the king of all of you
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The timid land
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The unknown sea
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And all that lies between
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So then come away you frail of breath
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You feeling tired of life
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And scared of death
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You stain the air with your half hearted wit
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A few steps more will make an end of it
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I am the king of all of you
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The timid land
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The unknown sea
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And all that lies between
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She'll wander on a strand of dying light
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She'll wonder who may answer whispered prayers
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The coral and the pearl that hold you tight
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May grace the throat of those the ocean spares
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The King Of The Unknown Sea
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| Elvis Costello |
