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I wrote the chorus for this song first. For some reason I took the song "If I were a rich man" from Fiddler on the Roof, and dialled it up to 11, producing a song about megalomania. Those can be quite fun.

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Monarch

“If I was a rich man” – that’s passe
Doesn’t cut the mustard much today
But there’s larger dreams to dream

If I was a
Psychotically evil absolute monarch
All the things that I could do!

No more corruption, no more lies
You’ll do as I tell you if you’re wise
And I have no time for fools
No more elections, no more fluff
You’ll do as I tell you - and that’s tough
‘Cause I’m writing all the rules

If I was a
Psychotically evil absolute monarch
All the things that I could do!

You will kneel before me, or if not,
Get sent to the dungeons where you rot
You’ll obey my every will
Citizens shall bow as I pass by
As I have decreed, or they shall die
I have time and lives to kill

If I was a
Psychotically evil absolute monarch
...Thank your lucky stars I’m not.

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from At Last, the 2019 Album, released April 7, 2021

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