I was sure that you'd love me
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To that hope, I did cling
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'Cause I'm... Richard the third
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And... everybody loves a king!
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Thought I did a good job
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Why do you disagree?
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There's a lot of people
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Spreading nasty rumours 'bout me
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Every word is a lie
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So I'm singing this song
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'Cause the history books
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Have been telling it wrong!
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Never had a limp
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Always walked my full height
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Never had a hunch
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And my arm was all right
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Never took the crown
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With illegal power
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Never killed my nephews
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The princes in the tower
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Tudor propaganda
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It's all absurd
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Time to tell the truth
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About King Richard the third
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My brother Edward, died
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His kids too young to rule
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So... I took the throne
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Why not? I'm nobody's fool!
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Thomas More wrote a history
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Said I'd murdered Edward's boys
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Shakespeare said their death
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Was an evil ploy
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But I say those two
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Are historical vandals!
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They've ruined my image!
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I mean, what a scandal!
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Never bumped off
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Those harmless young heirs
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Never buried them
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Under the Tower of London stairs
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Never poisoned my wife
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Bumped off her daddy
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This is me, sweet Richard
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Do I look like a baddy?
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Never was two-faced
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Sure you'll agree
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I was misunderstood
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King Richard three
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Can you imagine it?
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I'm the last Plantagenet
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Beaten by Henry
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In the Wars of the Roses
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The Tudor dynasty
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Didn't care that much for me
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Now I'm painted as a baddy
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That's why one supposes...
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Never forget
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When you hear of my crimes
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Never drowned my brother
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In a massive vat of wine
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Never said 'My horse!
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My kingdom for a horse! '
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Who made that up?
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Why, William Shakespeare, of course!
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Now my tale is told
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You won't hear a bad word
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About a special ruler
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King Richard the third
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Richard III
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