The King of Cancer
On a July evening
A father understands well
Gazes up at a ceiling
Wishes for God to tell
Him exactly what to do
Tell him what he should say
Whisper in his ear the truth
So he would know the way
And so it was true
That there was no answer
And so he would be born
The king of Cancer
On a July evening
A mother could really tell
That what she was conceiving
Would not end all that well
So she prayed, forsaken
To a God, who would not say
Whether she was mistaken
And what price she would pay
And what price she would pay
And so it was true
That there was no answer
And so he would be born
The king of Cancer
On a July evening
A son could not even tell
How love he stood receiving
Could ever lead to hell
If he'd believed in His words
If he'd been a praying man
Every second he'd reserve
Cursing His awful master plan
On a July evening
A grandfather recalls
How he had been dreaming
Of his daughter-in-law
He had asked a man related
A man of medicine close
Why his grandson, elated
Had no true grief to show
And so it was true
That there was no answer
And so he had been born
The broken king of Cancer
On a July evening
A girl devised a plan
She doubted ever achieving
As she nervously began
How could it end up that you
A girl so unprepared
Had conceived a plan so true
Truer than the one unshared
And so it was true
That there was an answer
And so he had been born
The forsaken King of cancer
On a July evening
A girl devised a plan
She doubted ever achieving
As she nervously began
How could it end up that you
A girl so unprepared
Had conceived a plan so true
Truer than the one unshared
And so it was true
That there was an answer
And so
There was an answer
And so he was reborn
The mighty king of Cancer
A father understands well
Gazes up at a ceiling
Wishes for God to tell
Him exactly what to do
Tell him what he should say
Whisper in his ear the truth
So he would know the way
And so it was true
That there was no answer
And so he would be born
The king of Cancer
On a July evening
A mother could really tell
That what she was conceiving
Would not end all that well
So she prayed, forsaken
To a God, who would not say
Whether she was mistaken
And what price she would pay
And what price she would pay
And so it was true
That there was no answer
And so he would be born
The king of Cancer
On a July evening
A son could not even tell
How love he stood receiving
Could ever lead to hell
If he'd believed in His words
If he'd been a praying man
Every second he'd reserve
Cursing His awful master plan
On a July evening
A grandfather recalls
How he had been dreaming
Of his daughter-in-law
He had asked a man related
A man of medicine close
Why his grandson, elated
Had no true grief to show
And so it was true
That there was no answer
And so he had been born
The broken king of Cancer
On a July evening
A girl devised a plan
She doubted ever achieving
As she nervously began
How could it end up that you
A girl so unprepared
Had conceived a plan so true
Truer than the one unshared
And so it was true
That there was an answer
And so he had been born
The forsaken King of cancer
On a July evening
A girl devised a plan
She doubted ever achieving
As she nervously began
How could it end up that you
A girl so unprepared
Had conceived a plan so true
Truer than the one unshared
And so it was true
That there was an answer
And so
There was an answer
And so he was reborn
The mighty king of Cancer
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