Old Castles

Album: True Meanings (2018)
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  • Moonbeams and twilight
    Sit by the fireside and glow
    Casting grand shadows
    All on the meadows below

    But the old king is quiet
    Looks into the fire, I think he knows
    That his bubble has burst, and what's worse
    Is now it shows

    His old world is changing
    But he don't notice at all
    His kingdom is crumbling
    But he can't see it and so, oh

    Some kings just don't care
    Happy just to stare and stare
    And bad things will happen
    That cause old castles to fall

    He could have done something
    Inspired a tired old Earth
    Done something good, done something right
    With which the people could unite and grow

    For their old world is changing
    But they don't notice at all
    Their kingdoms are crumbling
    But they can't see it and so, oh

    Some kings just can't say no
    They'll take till there's nothing to grow
    And bad things will happen
    That cause old castles to fall

    For its roots are rotten
    Its old walls and all
    And bad things will happen
    That cause old castles
    Cause old castles
    Cause old castles to fall
    Oh Writer/s: Paul John Weller
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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