# Once and Future Gummy King

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## Track Facts

- Album / pool: Captain White (`captain-white`)
- Album status: narrative song-cycle / album lane
- Track number: 4
- Track status: active
- Active: yes
- Origin: Captain White
- Audio available: yes
- Audio URL: `/assets/albums/captain-white/audio/once-and-future-gummy-king.mp3`
- Lyrics available: yes
- Lyrics URL: `/assets/albums/captain-white/lyrics/once-and-future-gummy-king.txt`
- JSON: `/captain-white/tracks/once-and-future-gummy-king.json`

## Supersession / Replacement

- Supersession: none

## Provenance Notes

Full lyric supersedes the retained partial copy.

## Lyrics

```
Once and Future Gummy King

[Verse 1]
Captain White came polished bright
With a medal and a grin
He had sugar on his collar
He had trouble on his chin

Through the doors of the palace
Past the guards in candy glass
Came the sound of something ancient
Dragging thunder through the mass

[Pre-Chorus]
Then the room went soft and silent
And the chandeliers took wing
When a voice like melted thunder said
Bow down before the king

[Chorus]
I am the once and future Gummy King
I wore the crown before the stars could sing
You may have danced with my daughter
You may have tasted the ring
But boy, you do not bargain
With the once and future Gummy King

[Verse 2]
He had robes of royal raspberry
He had eyes of burning lime
He had knuckles made of licorice
And a jaw from elder time

He said, son, I know your uniform
I know your hungry kind
You come in peace with silver teeth
And leave a war behind

[Pre-Chorus]
Captain White said, sir, respectfully
I have no cruel intent
The king said, good, then both your kneecaps
May remain where they were meant

[Post-Chorus]
Sticky throne
Heavy crown
Sweet old man
Don't play around

Sticky throne
Ancient swing
Everybody fears
The Gummy King

[Verse 3]
Sugar Queen rolled both her eyes
Said, Daddy, let him breathe
He's the one who crossed the red lights
Just to bend one human knee

The king said, child, I've seen this tale
In syrup, blood, and flame
A soldier calls it destiny
Then leaves you with his name

[Pre-Chorus]
Captain White stood very still
While the court began to sway
Then he said, if I must prove it
Name the trial, name the day

[Bridge]
He said bring the royal goblet
He said bring the wedding blade
He said bring the family ledger
With the debts that love has made

He said sing the oath of sweetness
He said face the boiling spring
He said no one dates my daughter
Till they answer to the king

[Breakdown]
Who wants wings?
I had wings
Who wants war?
I had more

Who wants love?
Love will cling
Ask the once
And future king

[Final Chorus]
I am the once and future Gummy King
I wore the crown before the stars could sing
You may have danced with my daughter
You may have tasted the ring
But boy, you do not bargain
With the once and future Gummy King

I am the once and future Gummy King
Old as the wound where the first bell rings
If you would stand beside her
Then stand inside the sting
And kneel before the father
Of the Sugar Queen

[Outro]
Captain White bent one knee
The whole court started murmuring
The old king smiled with all his teeth
And said, we'll see, Mr. Wings
```