King of Elephants

Here come the marching drums...
Lyrics

Oh tell me Mother Memory
Where are your daughters?
Calliope and Felicity and the 7 others?
Tell me Mother Memory
Where are your Muses?
I'm the King of Elephants

They march in purple
They march in gold
For the man from Hippo
What did you mean Augustine when you wrote in your Confessi-o:
It's all in your memory
You already know what you seek
Oh my head is spinning I confess
Here he comes to tell us
It's the King of Elephants
He's the one who never forgets

Oh this city is a circus
It celebrates the clown
With the blessings come the curses
Solid soggy ground
Better than the best,
worse than all the rest

"Where did you get your crown,"
They mock me, "Oh your Majesty?"
It was in the lost and found
A comedy and tragedy
Go young man and look to the West
Here he comes to tell us
It's the king of Elephants
He's the one who never forgets

Tell me Mother Memory
Where are your Muses
Haven't we been through this?
I'm the King of Elephants