Two men who both try to change their lives, but destiny would not allow |
There once was a king proud but true Who quibbled away every farthing he ever knew In all the kings kingdom an all the kings lands Never was there one thing he wished for himself to keep and to have And then there was a horse thief around who for pennies would steal horses and sell them in town Then one day that thief, he thought an unthinkable thing He would steal the finest white mare and sell her to the king Surely she would bring the kings ransom and maybe even everything When the king laid eyes on the purest white mare he gave everything he had right then and right there And the horse thief went away rejoicing with the kings ransom in his hands Then the king began to ponder in his heart When I had my wealth, I could not love just one thing But now that I have loved one thing, I have lost my ransom and with it everything And he went away and died a forelorned and lonely old king Then that thief started to say to himself I can become a good person with all my wealth So he bought a new suit, top hat, cane, and a shiny pair of shoes And said to himself, now I will go up to church and live like good people do When they saw him in church they began to say Is this not the horse thief who always only will ever be someday When they refused to believe he went away with all his riches and died in misery |