Bard on the Thames

[Verse 1] Born in Stratford rain Ink on churchyard stone Father’s hands were busy Boy with a borrowed throne Anne in the front room Three kids by the flame He kissed them, then left town Chasing a bigger name [Pre-Chorus] Over the bridge he went With mud on his shoes One small stage, one dark room And a hundred things to lose [Chorus] Shakespeare, Shakespeare Tell us what you saw A butcher’s son with a poet’s jaw Shakespeare, Shakespeare You wrote it all down Blood on the page, gold in the sound (Shakespeare, Shakespeare) [Verse 2] London took his verses Crowds pressed to the rail Clowns in wool and velvet Kings in painted scales He gave them fools and monsters Lovers split in two A dagger in the daylight A moon that felt like truth [Pre-Chorus] Then the plague rolled through And the doors stayed shut So he fed the world With a pen and a gut [Chorus] Shakespeare, Shakespeare Tell us what you saw A butcher’s son with a poet’s jaw Shakespeare, Shakespeare You wrote it all down Blood on the page, gold in the sound (Shakespeare, Shakespeare) [Bridge] In the Globe it burned Ash on the Thames Still his lines keep moving Through new mouths, through new lands Home at last in honor A grave beneath the floor But every time the curtain climbs He’s there for one more encore [Final Chorus] Shakespeare, Shakespeare Tell us what you saw A butcher’s son with a poet’s jaw Shakespeare, Shakespeare You wrote it all down Blood on the page, gold in the sound Shakespeare, Shakespeare Your name won’t fade now Still in the crowd, still in the house (Shakespeare, Shakespeare)