Viva va Lida

[00:13.30] I used to rule the world

[00:17.01] Seas would rise when I gave the word

[00:19.69] Now in the morning I sleep alone

[00:23.94] Sweep the streets I used to own

[00:40.67] I used to roll the dice

[00:44.65] Feel the fear in my enemy’s eyes

[00:48.11] Listened as the crowd would sing

[00:51.56] Now the old king is dead long live the king

[00:54.75] One minute I held the key

[00:58.47] Next the walls were closed on me

[01:01.41] And I discovered that my castles stand

[01:05.66] Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand

[01:09.38] I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing

[01:13.10] Roman cavalry choirs are singing

[01:16.81] Be my mirror, my sword and shield

[01:20.00] Missionaries in a foreign field

[01:23.19] For some reason I can’t explain

[01:26.90] Once you’d gone there was never

[01:30.62] Never an honest word

[01:33.55] And that was when I ruled the world

[01:50.56] It was a wicked and wild wind

[01:54.28] Blew down the doors to let me in

[01:57.21] Shattered windows and the sound of drums

[02:01.45] People couldn’t believe what I’d become

[02:04.65] Revolutionaries wait

[02:08.91] For my head on a silver plate

[02:11.03] Just a puppet on a lonely string

[02:15.28] Oh who would ever want to be king?

[02:19.53] I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing

[02:22.72] Roman cavalry choirs are singing

[02:26.70] Be my mirror, my sword and shield

[02:29.62] My missionaries in a foreign field

[02:32.81] For some reason I can’t explain

[02:36.53] I know St Peter won’t call my name

[02:39.74] Never an honest word

[02:43.17] But that was when I ruled the world

[03:14.79] Hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing

[03:18.29] Roman cavalry choirs are singing

[03:22.02] Be my mirror, my sword and shield

[03:25.20] My missionaries in a foreign field

[03:28.65] For some reason I can’t explain

[03:32.10] I know St Peter won’t call my name

[03:35.28] Never an honest word

[03:38.74] But that was when I ruled the world