Ca Ira (An opera by Roger Waters) - Honest Bird, Simple Bird / I Want to be King video free download

Lyrics:

MARIE MARIANNE

Honest bird, simple bird

Just longing to be spreading the word

Feeling the rain, feeling the sun

But your time has not come

Your song is not heard

Honest bird

MALE CHORUS

Singing is forbidden in the fig tree

Singing is forbidden in the olive tree

Singing is forbidden in the pear tree

No singing in the olive or the fig or the pear tree

MALE CHORUS & CHILDREN

No more singing in the fig tree

No more singing in the pear tree

Someone's hanging in the olive

There's someone hanging in the olive tree

Singing in the fig tree, that's forbidden

Singing in the pear tee, that's forbidden

Singing in the olive, that's forbidden

Someone's hanging in the olive tree

Someone's hanging in the olive tree

MARIE MARIANNE

You come to earth, you have no choice

Could be a seamstress or serving girl

Or butcher's boy

Could be a dead beat

Or one of the elite

Maybe the bird ill find his voice

And make a choice

From all the wheat and all the chaff

It's the knowledge that you glean

Makes you what you'll be

And the knowledge that you lack

A rod for your own back

Leaves you in purgatory

Honest bird, simple bird

Make your choice, find your voice

REVOLUTIONARY PRIEST

Make your choice, find your voice

CHORUS

I want to be King, Queen, Courtesan, Dauphin

I want to be Cardinal, Capitaine, King of Kings

I want to be God

SOLO BOY

I want to be the King

SOLO GIRL

I want to be the Queen

SOLO GIRL

I want to be the Courtesan

SOLO BOY

I want to be the Dauphin

SOLO BOY

I want to be the Cardinal

SOLO BOY

I want to be the Capitaine

CHORUS

I want to be the King of Kings

I want to be God

SOLO BOY

I am a great big pig

SOLO BOY

I am the King of France

SOLO BOY

His wife likes to dance

SOLO BOY

I am the Church of Rome

I stand behind the throne

SOLO BOY

I am the public purse; they think I'm bottomless

SOLO BOY

I am the public accounts; I admit I'm a bit of a mess

solo girl

I am the American war and they say I'm rather greedy

SOLO GIRL

I am the national debt; I'm big but needy

SOLO BOY

I am a noble

SOLO BOY

I am the clergy

SOLO BOY

I am the ordinary man

SOLO GIRL

I am hungry

SOLO GIRL

I am starving!

CHILDREN'S CHORUS

The cake needs re-carving!

TROUBLEMAKER

I'm a ravening wolf

MALE CHORUS

I'm a, I'm a, I'm a ravening wolf

FEMALE CHORUS

I'm a, I'm a, I'm a heart of thorns

MALE CHORUS

It's the end of the shield of divine law

TROUBLEMAKER

I'm the oak tree

CHILDREN'S CHORUS

I am the oak tree and I am the columbine

I am the pig searching for truffles

CHORUS

And I am the peacock whose feathers are ruffled