Marillion - King of Sunset Town lyrics

A ragged man came shuffling through

A puppet king on the fourth of June

And butterflies from all around

Settled on his paper crown

A pretty sight it seemed to be

An avenue of eternal peace

But he said 'What is here can soon burn down...

I'm the King of Sunset Town'

Watch a big wheel turning around

Some go up, some go down.

Some go thirsty, some just drown

'That's the law around here'

Said the King of Sunset Town

And in the night he comes to me

And the square becomes a battlefield

Of staring eyes that can't explain

The insanity and the greater game

A ragged man came shuffling through

The corridors of this white place

And as he lay his body down

I saw the scars that lined his face

And injured souls came to his bed

To hear the stories he would tell

Of Butterflies and Summertimes

And everyone assembled here

Remembers how it used to be

Before the 27th came

This place will never be the same

And he said..

'I'm the King of Sunset Town'

Watch a big wheel turning around

Some go up, some go down.

Some go thirsty, some just drown

'That's the law around here'

Said the King of Sunset Town

[JOHN HELMER and STEVE HOGARTH