Well now folks just lend an ear
For you're now about to hear
The ballad of the Goblin King
It's a tale about a Fae
And the labyrinth that he made
And how Jareth loves to sing
Goblin King
Goblin King
Here's the tale about the Goblin King

In a castle that stands beyond the Goblin City
There lives a King that is petty
Known for the socks in his tights
But though everyone knows it
Jareth still denies
Goblin King
Goblin King
Here's the talke about the Goblin King

Goblin King
Goblin King
Goblin King
Tights, your love has flown
As you stand on the brink
It's sure makin' you think
'Bout your child theft days

'Bout how your beloved has left you
And how you should change your ways

Well the King he loves
A beautiful young mortal
A fifteen year old mortal
Though she beat him at his game (Or so they say!)
When she got to the castle
And blew his world away

If J had been wise, he would have told her he loved her
If J had been wise, He would have showed her he loved her
But J was depraved. To the bog he did send her
He's mean and evil through and through
Goblin King
Goblin King
He's one evil Goblin King

Two mismatched eyes
The heart of the devil
A voice to make girls cry
The heart of the devil
Makes young Listians sigh
I say he's the devil!
He's mean and evil through and through
Goblin King
Goblin King
He's one evil Goblin King

It was a stormy night
When Sarah wished away Toby
And Jareth, he took Toby
Down to the Underground
Sarah took Jareth's challenge
Her brother had to be found
She had the face of an angel
The heart of a sister
The hair of an angel
The love of a sister
Didn't always act like an angel
But still Toby's big sister!
She had to beat the Goblin King
Goblin King
Goblin King
Sarah had to beat the Goblin King

It's not hard to take your dreams
When you're a little girl
And all is as it seems
When you're a little girl
But J made a little girl feel
Like a woman made of steel
And Sarah chose to run the maze
Jareth's defeat came that day

And then Sarah made friends
With a beast who calls rocks
And a knight that looks like a fox
And the dwarf Hoggle
They helped her through the maze

When you have crystals, then you gotta do somethin'
The Bog really is somethin'
The stench can make you gag
The Goblin King made his mind up
To send Sarah to the Hag

It took a crafty female mind
To stage Sarah leave her bro behind
She piled stuff on Sarah's back
'Til she got her mem'ry back
The young mortal found her book
Remembered what the King had took
She went back to lead her friends
They were there to the end

Round and round and round they went
Fox, dwarf, girl, and beast was spent
Round and round and round they go
Oh what an episode

The thirteenth hour chimed
Just as Sarah said the words
J had no power over her
Despite what he would sing
He was the King of the Goblins
His Royal Tightness

Goblin King
Goblin King
Well, our story is finished
Goblin King
Goblin King
We'll say farewell to his Glitterness