Lyrics Act 1: Scene 2: Kings, Sticks and Birds - Roger Waters
Ladies
and
gentlemen
Imagine
a
bird
on
song
in
a
tree
An
ordinary
bird
like
you
or
like
me
Imagine
some
ruffian
happening
by
And
beating
him
within
an
inch
of
his
life
Ahh!
Then
a
priest
from
some
denomination
Witnessing
this
abomination
Blesses
not
the
bird
but
the
beast
The
unknown
soldier
appears
on
the
field
And
takes
the
bird′s
feathers
to
put
on
his
shield
Then
a
powerful
judge
from
the
high
court
Decrees
that
the
birds
really
ought
Not
be
allowed
to
sing
in
the
trees
But
then
one
day
Some
of
the
priests
and
soldiers
and
judges
Putting
aside
some
old
worn
grudges
Changes
their
minds
and
the
birds
sang
again
It
was
the
revolution
The
revolution
is
a
story
of
birds
Of
sticks
and
stones
and
bushes
and
bones
A
story
of
now,
a
story
of
then
A
story
of
woman,
a
story
of
men
A
story
of
everything
to
come
Of
everything
under
the
sun
1 The Gathering Storm
2 Overture
3 Act 1: Scene 1: A Garden in Vienna 1765
4 Act 1: Scene 1: Madame Antoine, Madame Antoine
5 Act 1: Scene 2: Kings, Sticks and Birds
6 Act 1: Scene 2: Honest Bird, Simple Bird
7 Act 1: Scene 2: I Want to Be King
8 Act 1: Scene 2: Let Us Break All the Shields
9 Act 1: Scene 3: The Grievances of the People
10 Act 1: Scene 4: France in Disarray
11 Act 1: Scene 4: To Laugh Is to Know How to Live
12 Act 1: Scene 4: Slavers, Landlords, Bigots at Your Door
13 Act 1: Scene 5: The Fall of the Bastille
14 Act 1: Scene 5: To Freeze in the Dead of Night
15 Act 1: Scene 5: So to the Streets in the Pouring Rain
16 Act 2: Scene 1: Dances and Marches
17 Act 2: Scene 1: Now Hear Ye!
18 Act 2: Scene 1: Flushed With Wine
19 Act 2: Scene 2: The Letter
20 Act 2: Scene 2: My Dear Cousin Bourbon of Spain
21 Act 2: Scene 2: The Ship of State Is All at Sea
22 Act 2: Scene 3: Silver, Sugar and Indigo
23 Act 2: Scene 3: To the Windward Isles
24 Act 2: Scene 4: The Papal Edict
25 Act 2: Scene 4: In Paris There’s a Rumble Under the Ground
26 Act 3: Scene 1: The Fugitive King
27 Act 3: Scene 1: But the Marquis of Boulli Has a Trump Card Up His Sleeve
28 Act 3: Scene 1: To Take Your Hat Off
29 Act 3: Scene 1: The Echoes Never Fade From That Fusillade
30 Act 3: Scene 2: The Commune de Paris
31 Act 3: Scene 2: Vive la Commune de Paris
32 Act 3: Scene 2: The National Assembly Is Confused
33 Act 3: Scene 3: The Execution of Louis Capet
34 Act 3: Scene 3: Adieu Louis for You It’s Over
35 Act 3: Scene 4: Marie Antoinette – The Last Night on Earth
36 Act 3: Scene 4: Adieu My Good and Tender Sister
37 Act 3: Scene 5: Liberty
38 Act 3: Scene 5: And in the Bushes Where They Survive
39 The Making of Ça Ira
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