Picture It


Maire Luisa, queen of Spain ~ is sleeping with Manuel Godoy, ~ the king's prime minister ~ they have a son, ~ the king believe is his ~ look at the eyes ~ they stare in flat perspective ~ hiding what the servants know ~ and still the king rewards Godoy ~ with gold, and land, and trust ~

it must be seen to be believed ~ you have to picture it ~ aristocratic life ~ you have to picture it ~ this kind of world will end ~ their kind of world will end ~ there's Fernando, prince of scorn ~ he knows that he's the king's first born ~ he'll wear the mantle and cloak of state ~ but how long must he wait ?? ~

look at the eyes ~ impatient rage unending ~ qond'ring what the queen's pretending ~ posing, holding young Francisco's hand ~ instead of his ~ and still they want their portrait done ~ they want to picture it ~ the king, the queen, their son ~ they want to picture it ~ look at their world, my friend ~ look at their world, my friend ~

get to know the family ~ the king and queen of Spain ~ and the children ~ all dressed up to rule and reign ~ for a lifetime ~ get to know the royal intentions ~ of a king no one ever mentions ~ get to know the life that they've led ~ and picture it ~ get to know the family ~ the king and queen of Spain ~ and the children ~ all dressed up to rule and reign ~

for a lifetime ~ get to know the royal intentions ~ of a king no one ever mentions ~ get to know the life that they've led ~ and picture it ~ now see the painter in the background ~ gathering up the darkening shadows ~ working in commercial style ~ but all the while he thinks: ~ when reason sleeps, the mind produces monsters ~ goblins, furies, poltergeists ~ but these are real, they run the country ~ how can you explain ~

that Spain is crying in the night ~ and you can't picture it ~ no more pathetic sight ~ you could not picture it ~ and that poor world won't end ~ that other world won't end ~ get to know the family ~ the king and queen of Spain ~ and the children ~ all dressed up to rule and reign ~ for a lifetime ~ get to know the royal intentions ~ of a king no one ever mentions ~ get to know the life that they've led