Lyrics to
King’s Vengeance

This version of King’S Vengeance was released by Thin Lizzy in 1975.

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Down and out in the city
Won’t you give a boy a break
Juvenile on trial before committee
Taken all he can take

But the king shall have his vengeance
Especially on the poor
Some say preaching to convert him
Me I’m not too sure

Spring she comes and spring she teases
Brings summer winds and summer breezes
Blow through your hair till autumn leaves us
When autumn leaves us, oh how winter freezes

And the child is still breathing
With the beating of a heart (with the beating of the heart)
Some say we are equal
Some a million miles apart

Oh my god
Oh my god

But the king shall have his vengeance
While the Queen she represents the innocent
And the child so dependent
But the seasons conquer all

Spring she comes and spring she teases
Brings summer winds and summer breezes
Blow through your hair till autumn leaves us
When autumn leaves, oh how winter freezes

But the king shall have his vengeance
Especially on the poor
Some say preaching to converted
Me I’m not so sure

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About Lyrics and King’S Vengeance by Thin Lizzy

The lyrics for King’S Vengeance are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1975 song by Thin Lizzy. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to King’S Vengeance have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for King’S Vengeance - Thin Lizzy and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to King’S Vengeance by Thin Lizzy in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to King’S Vengeance" means the words set to the music of King’S Vengeance, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Thin Lizzy. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to King’S Vengeance and the lyrics to King’S Vengeance are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Thin Lizzy who came here looking just for the lyrics to King’S Vengeance, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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