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Radio King Dom

This version of Radio King Dom was released by Beach Boys in 1973.

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A few days later the king and queen of the castle were invited to a ball
As they were leaving that evening the queen said to the young prince
Who was the eldest of the children
“Take care of the other ones tonight
And don’t try to find that radio
We have it hidden away
We’ll be home by midnight”
And then she said “goodbye”

The children’s mother left
And the party had begun
And the children looked everywhere
High and low
Checking to see if they could find that transistor radio
They couldn’t find it they couldn’t find it
They looked upstairs and downstairs
All through the castle and finally
All of a sudden they heard a sound

What is that sound is it possible
Could it be the Pied Piper himself
Coming out of the magic transistor radio
Or was it just the wind whistling by the castle window

No one knows if the mysterious Pied Piper of Night
Was the one who came back to visit the princes and princesses again
But if you have a transistor radio and the lights are all out some night
Don’t be very surprised if it turns to light green
And the whirling magic sound of the Pied Piper comes to visit you

(Bow bow)
(I’m the Pied Piper)
(Bow bow bow bow bow)
(In the radio)

(Bow bow)
(I’m the Pied Piper)
(Bow bow bow bow bow)
(In the radio)

(Bow bow)
(I’m the Pied Piper)
(Bow bow bow bow bow)
(In the radio)

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About Lyrics and Radio King Dom by Beach Boys

The lyrics to Radio King Dom are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Beach Boys used when the song was created in 1973. The lyrics to Radio King Dom have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Beach Boys and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Radio King Dom by Beach Boys. 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 Radio King Dom" means the words set to the music of Radio King Dom, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Beach Boys. 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 Radio King Dom and the lyrics to Radio King Dom are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Beach Boys who came here looking just for the lyrics to Radio King Dom, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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