Richard Ix Lyrics - Renaissance

Deep in the past there lived a man whose story must be told 

Of royal descent but not of the royal line, oh oh 

No history book relates this night of indiscretion 

Into the world he's brought, never to be presented at court 

In his mind a king though his mother wasn't wearing a ring 

She keeps on saying: 

"What they gonna do with Richard, Richard The Ninth? 

You know he's my son, and the thought of it cuts like a knife 

To think he'll ever sit upon the throne 

A prince without a home 

What we gonna do with Richard, Richard The Ninth 

The least that we could do is to provide for his life 

No job could have a stranger pedigree 

He means so much to me!" 

As Richard grew, he won the hearts of all the people 

His father reigned, and while the servants poured, wo-oh 

The lady waits and watches with anticipation 

Ways of the world he's taught 

The eyes of the queen he has caught 

Midnight matinees soon become the order of play 

She keeps on saying: 

"What we gonna do with Richard, Richard The Ninth? 

You know he's my son and the daughter, the queen, is his wife 

Becomes the answer to my fantasy 

He means the world to me" 

"What we gonna do with Richard, Richard The Ninth? 

It seems a night of love, in the end turned out right 

One day I know he'll sit upon the throne 

A prince no more alone" 

This classic tale of woe 

Should tell you all you want to know 

A page from our history 

It's meant so much to me, to me 

"What they gonna do with Richard, Richard The Ninth? 

You know he's my son, and the thought of it cuts like a knife 

To think he'll ever sit upon the throne 

A prince without a home 

What we gonna do with Richard, Richard The Ninth 

The least that we could do is to provide for his life 

No job could have a stranger pedigree 

He means so much to me!" 

"What we gonna do with Richard, Richard The Ninth? 

You know he's my son and the daughter, the queen, is his wife 

Becomes the answer to my fantasy 

He means the world to me" 

"What we gonna do with Richard, Richard The Ninth? 

You know he's my son and the daughter, the queen, is his wife 

Becomes the answer to my fantasy 

He means the world to me"