If I were an actor on the big screen
With the cameras on me in every scene
I'd race for NASCAR on any old day
Date a couple starlets along the way
I could be Rhett to Scarlett O'Hara
Maybe I'd co-star with Rooney Mara
I'd be Maverick streaking across the skies
Or start a fight with ten blueberry pies
I could rob some banks with Bonnie and Clyde
Hang with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
I might act like Steve Martin in the Jerk
Battle Klingons with Captain James T. Kirk
Sail today on a Spanish flotilla
Or run away from Kong and Godzilla
I'd rule Mr. Robinson's neighborhood
Anything's possible in Hollywood
King Chuck [Apologies to Steve Martin]
King Chuck (King Chuck)
Now when he was a young lad,
He always knew he’d be
the sovereign of a nation people stood in line to see.
(King Chuck) How'd you get to be you?
(Funky Chuck) Did you do the Loco Motion?
Born at Buckingham
Schooled at Gordonstoun, (King Chuck). (King Chuck)
Now, if I'd known
They'd line up just to see you,
I'd trade in all my money
And become an English citizen.
Married to Queen Camilla (Funky Chuck)
He is so very vanilla!
Born in London,
Studied rocks at Trinity College (King Chuck)
Dancin' by the Thames, (Disco Chuck)
The ladies love his games, (Polo Chuck)
Rockin' to the Mersey beat (Rockin' Chuck)
He likes to eat game meat. (King Chuck). (King Chuck)
He lives his life for England.
Defender of the Faith
He's a Windsor I’m tellin' you.
Tight as a knot. (King Chuck). (King Chuck)
Now, when I die,
Don't think I'm a nut,
Don't want no fancy funeral,
Just one like they’ll give for King Chuck. (King Chuck)
He created the Carta Astra
He shoulda win a BAFTA,
Reigns o’er Great Britain as its king-o,
Reigns o’er Great Britain, lives in a palace made of stone-a,
King Chuck.
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