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Add Your New Review About The Song The Reviews about Kings (page 1/1) ------ performed by Steely Dan Unreported lyric | Reviewer: John | 6/22/09 In the final chorus, 'raise up your glass' is repeated three times. The first and second time, the glass is raised to King 'John.' In the third repeat, the phrase changes to 'raise up your glass to good kings all.' The more that things change the more they stay the same | Reviewer: Jon Clark | 9/30/07 The song is the hope of all the new, young, nubile generations that will bound into the world. All the youth bemoans the treachery of tradition and the politics of the past, but in the ending of youth they discover that things, kings, never really change; they advocate might to defeat evil. As naive youth we tend to advocate diplomacy but the harsh economic determinism that determines the rough shod course of history is inexorable and war is a perpetual reality on this plane of existence. This is a hippie song--a celebration with a satirical, biting message tucked into the middle of it. It is a timeless theme of civilization. Irony is the well-versed wisdom of the old. Add Your New Review About The Song