King Kong

King Kong fell a long way for love And never knew what became Of the woman he saved On the top of the empire state building the ape was brave But had no place in the modern age Where he was only of use If he could be sold in a cage Vincent van Gogh never made no dough His style wasn’t in vogue with those in the know Never had a girlfriend never owned a home Shot himself in the wheat fields amongst the black crows Never sold a painting slept with whores No one was interested in what he saw in the stars Charlie Brown never won a game Never found out the red haired girls name Never kicked the football never flew the kite And I doubt if he could even ride a bike Wound up in therapy talking to Lucy Always upstaged by that show-off Snoopy Listening to Linus rap some jive about Christmas Charlie’s gift was in being a maladjusted sceptic Quasimodo was an ugly fellow Lived in the belfry and loved Esmerelda Oh but he could never tell her When he was to be killed she offered him water He never knew such kindness But she went after the vain Phoebus Never understood love will do that get you killed Go to your grave with your heart unfulfilled Brent, these are some fucked up people You take to be your heroes They all end up suffering and alone Most of them die unknown All these suicidal poets and anarchists All the lonely the never kissed Who longed all their lives for companionship Who into this world they do not fit