The Prince

With string I've tied to a group of birds
I'm off of this planet for an eternity
The rose just doesn't smell like it did
After so many years living in solitary
So I'm into space to find another place
I don't want to live here again
Without another friend

While on my journeys I found a man
On his own tiny world
He was a big and wealthy king
With his big ermine cloak unfurled
He said I was his subject
I object!
I won't be a part of it
Your kingdom's what your eyes can see
And only what your ears can hear
Now watch me disappear

Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh
Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh

Soon I met another man upon Asteroid 326
For knowledge's sake I tried to land
Just to learn that man was way too conceited
He taught me to clap and admire another
For all the wrong reasons
Because he said that he was better than me
What he doesn't know
Are all the places that I soon will be
Again into space to find another place
I don't want to go home again
Without finding a friend

In short I met many men
But in the end
They were exactly the same
Toppler, Explorer, Worker, Counter, King
Alike with different names
Nothing left of any imagination
I had yet to find a person
That remembered what it meant to be young
Remembered what it meant to be young

Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh
Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh

When I had all but given up
I found hope again
In the form of a child
An abandoned pilot surrounded
By desert on all sides for miles
I told him we could be
Adventurous acquaintances
Now won't you be my traveler
And I will be your little prince
I will be your little prince

Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh
(Won't you be my traveler
And I will be your little prince)

Now won't you be my traveler
And I will be your little prince