Princess of the Pearl Palace

from Rishi by Luke Sweeney

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Children are the true royals: recently plucked from the cosmos, infinitely wise and powerful — they deserve to be treated with the kind of reverence corporate executives like to reserve for themselves in their destructive pursuit of earthly wealth. As I was carrying my 5-year-old child on my shoulders through the hot, humid streets of Jaipur back to our hotel — The Pearl Palace — a joyous melody came washing over me. With this nugget of inspiration, I began to feel the detached, deranged bliss of a child at play. I demo’d the song as soon as we got back in the hotel room, along with two more tunes that eventually made it on the record. The sentiment made way for joy, for dancing, for awe and schucks and celebrating the rare and precious beauty that is a child in her element. Thanks to the Princess, I got to feeling like a kid again.

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Princess of the Pearl Palace
All the folks will turn to see
The Princess of the Pearl Palace
Dancing like a wave upon the sea

Princess
when she’s out on the street,
The ground never meets her feet
She couldn’t care less
About your sarcastic mouth
She’s got another face to greet

When we’re on the run,
Oh my she’s having fun,
Her Smile, a mile of luxury

…
(Princess of the pearl palace)
…
Princess
She don’t wear a crown
That vanity would never fit
She starts the day ahead
With some breakfast in bed
Then taxis to a benefit

Hey, the wallflowers bloom
When she walks through the room...
And when she leaves, the room stays lit!

Princess of the Pearl Palace
All the folks will turn to see
The Princess of the Pearl Palace
Dancing like a wave upon the sea

Breathless -
She never runs out of words
Or lets the conversation stall
Then it’s time for tea
With her royal company
And a refugee saint from Bengal

Rubies, sapphires, emeralds,
Moonstones, diamonds, opals
Princess outshines them all!

Princess of the Pearl Palace
All the children turn to see
The Princess of the Pearl Palace
Dancing like a wave upon the sea

Princess of the Pearl Palace
All the kingdom turns to see
The Princess of the Pearl Palace
Dancing like a wave upon the sea
Dancing like a wave upon the sea
Dancing like a wave…
(And don’t you love the way
She’s dancing like a wave
Upon the sea…?)

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from Rishi, released November 11, 2022

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Luke Sweeney San Francisco, California

A bicycle crash left a young Sweeney with his jaw wired shut for six weeks, and in recovering, his sustenance was on a guitar. What was he chasing?

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