The Serf And The King by Tim Sheppard

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The Serf And The King
by Tim Sheppard

Album: The Best of Tim Sheppard

I heard about a King Who owned
A castle in the sky
Where serfs and kings were all the same
And nobody every had to die
I heard all wealth and power
Were shared with the common man
And I, the serf said, Sounds to me
Like a dream in a wonderland

Come down from Your castle
Into my wishing well
Count all the sunken memories
They've each a dream to tell
And though You may not understand
It's just my way to say
Castle kings and poor men's dreams
Fill your life only with toil and pain

And as the years went by I still
Had doubts about it all
But somethin' burned down deep inside
So my search for the castle wall
I said, Hey King can You see me
From Your castle in the sky
There's just no way to look inside
'Cause Your walls are just too high

So won't You come down from Your castle
Into my wishing well
Count all the sunken memories
They've each a dream to tell
And though You may not understand
It's just my way to say
Castle kings and poor men's dreams
Fill your life only with toil and pain

And finally I met a Serf
Who seemed a lot like me
He said I am the castle King
Won't you come and I'll set you free
He took me to the castle moat
And the bridge was quickly drawn
I fell in shame to hide my face
When the Serf turned to take the throne

You know He came down from His castle
Into my wishing well
Picked up the sunken memories
With each their dream to tell
Though no one else could He understood
The words I had to say
The castle King changed everything
Now I walk with Him every day

In all my dreams I never schemed
A serf with a smilin' face
Now it's true I'm tellin' you
'Cause the serf and the King embraced
Now it's true I'm tellin' you
'Cause the serf and the King embraced