King Sugar

King Sugar dead

That's what they said

King Sugar dead

That's what they said

King Sugar dead

That's what they said

King Sugar dead

King Sugar dead

That's what they said

King Sugar dead

That's what they said

King Sugar dead

That's what they said

King Sugar dead

From the cane to the rum, now rum to kingdom come

It was the reason why we came there from where we came from

From the carrack to the barrack, to press out the syrup

To send the best away and drink the rest as guarap

Glucose, fructose, maltose, overdose

Last mill closed, old king comatose

So from island to island and coast to coast

Gone was the sovereign that ruled the throne

King Sugar dead

That's what they said

King Sugar dead

Eh, eh come again?

King Sugar dead

That's what they said

King Sugar dead

Long was his reign, the years of lash and chain

Horn blown in the night to start the canboulay

Where flames burn night and day keeping snakes at bay

To sweeten cakes a continent away

None mourned his demise, bittersweet enterprise

Few surprised to see the king capsize

So from island to island and coast to coast

Gone was the king that sat on the throne

King Sugar dead

That's what they said

King Sugar dead

That's what they said

King Sugar dead

That's what they said

King Sugar dead

While rum glowed like gold in the glasses

Blood flowed thick and slow like molasses

Gilded age, birds sang in the cage

But time is always turning another page

Kingdom overgrown in the grasses

None can hold back time as it passes

Of his domain all that remains

Is ruins standing in fields of cane

King Sugar dead

That's what they said

King Sugar dead

That's what they said

King Sugar dead

Yeah, that's what they said

King Sugar dead

Ay, that's what they said

King Sugar dead

That's what they said

King Sugar dead

Yeah, That's what they said

King Sugar dead

Yeah, That's what they said

King Sugar dead

King Sugar dead

King Sugar dead