All The King's Friends Lyrics

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