All The King's Friends Lyrics - And The Horse They Rode In On - Soul Asylum

The papers read that the king is dead 

The people said, what we need instead is to be on our own 

But people, they do the strangest things 

You never know what they might do when they are left alone 

There's men without Gods and Gods without men 

And a spirit of which none of them can transcend 

But something peculiar is happening 

We should just be happy with just what we've got 

And the problems should be too few to mention but they're not 

Where can I go for some information? 

So tired of the big sensation 

I need to know what's going on 

Oh well you're the well-informed 

Into your world which I was born, my friend, here's to you 

How would I know if there was something wrong? 

When the weak of heart out-survive the strong 

The truth is almost always confidential 

You never know just what you've got until it's gone 

And your friends have never seemed so essential when you're wrong 

Remarkably incredible, incredibly forgettable 

I know this might sound strange, don't ever change 

Amazingly unfaceable, entirely replaceable 

There's nothing I would rearrange, don't ever change 

Out of luck, out of space, out of time, out of place 

Don't try to save face my friend 

There was a time and there was a place 

For your face and for your race but it's been swept away