The Bards of Bedlam Filk Library

You Can’t Hurry Court

Lyrics by Aldith Angharad St. George, Tatiana Nikolaevna Tumanova,
Theresia von Tux, and Katherine of Bristol;
concept by Eilis O’Boirne

(To the Tune of: You Can't Hurry Love by The Supremes)

I need to go, go, to ease my mind
I need to find, find a priv to call mine
But Frederick** says

Chorus 1: 
     You can’t hurry court
     No, you just have to wait
     (He says) Kings can’t be hurried
     Even if they are awake
     You can’t hurry court
          No, you just have to wait
          You got to trust in good time
     No matter how long it takes

But how many presentation must I stand
Until the herald tells me that court will end
Right now the only thing that keeps me hangin’ on
When I feel my strength, yeah, if almost gone
I remember Frederick says

Chorus 2: 
     You can’t hurry court
     No, you just have to wait
     (He says) Kings can’t be hurried
     For they must pontificate
     How long must I wait
          How much more can I take
          Before hot sun and boredom
     Will cause my poor brain to bake

No, I can’t bear to live my life uncrowned
I grow impatient for a court to call my own
But when I feel that I, I can’t go on
These endless words keep it draggin’ on
I remember Frederick says

Repeat Chorus 1

Now, break!

Now crowns, crowns, don’t come easy
But I keep on waiting, anticipating
For that final cheer
To let me know I might
Go at last out to the priv tonight
I keep waiting, I keep on waiting
But it ain’t easy, it ain’t easy
But Frederick says

Repeat Chorus 2

**“Frederick” is Duke Frederick of Holland, who was the Vesper Herald at the time

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