[Intro] (x2)

     

    


[Verse]

             
When I think o

         
f heaven
           
Deliver me in 

              
a black-winged

 
 bird
         
I think of fly

           
ing down into 

             
a sea of pens 

       
and feathers
            
And all other 

             
instruments of

             
 faith and sex

     
 and God
              
In the belly o

           
f a black-wing

    
ed bird.
    
Don't try to f

eed me
        
I've been here

 before
             
And I deserve 

  
a little more


[Chorus]

          
I belong in th

             
e service of t

   
he Queen
         
I belong anywh

              
ere but in bet


ween
           
She's been cry

             
ing and I've b

      
een thinking
          
And I am the R

         
ain King


[Verse]

             
And I said mam

          
a, mama, mama,

            
 why am I so a


lone?
          
I can't go out

#
side
             
I'm scared I m

            
ight not make 

  
it home
             
I'm alive, I'm

  
 alive
            
But I'm sinkin

    
g in
             
If there's any

              
one at home at

 
 your place, d

arling
           
Why don't you 

           
invite me in?
    
Don't try to b

leed me
        
I've been ther

e before
             
And I deserve 

  
a little more


[Chorus]

          
I belong in th

             
e service of t

   
he Queen
         
I belong anywh

              
ere but in bet


ween
           
She's been lyi

             
ng and I've be

    
en sinking
          
And I am the R

         
ain King


[Bridge]

           
Hey, I only wa

              
nt the same as

 
 anyone
           
Henderson is w

      
aiting for the

 sun
              
Oh, it seems n

              
ight endlessly

          
 begins and en

ds
            
After all the 

             
dreaming I com

  
e home again


[Solo]

           

          


[Verse]

             
When I think o

  
f heaven
           
Deliver me in 

              
a black-winged

 
 bird
          
I think of dyi

   
ng
             
Lay me down in

             
 a field of fl

        
ame and heathe

r
           
Render up my b

             
ody into the b

              
urning heart o

  
f God
              
In the belly o

           
f a black-wing

    
ed bird
    
Don't try to b

leed me
        
I've been here

 before
             
And I deserve 

  
a little more


[Chorus]

          
I belong in th

             
e service of t

   
he queen
         
I belong anywh

              
ere but in bet


ween
           
She's been dyi

             
ng and I've be

   
en drinking
          
And I am the R

          
ain King
             
Well, I said I

           
 am the Rain K

    
ing
             
Well, I said I

           
-I-I-I-I yeah 

              
yeah yeah yeah

 
 yeah yeah yea

h 
           
Well, I am the

          
 rain king

Yeah