That’s the sound of the sirens wailing in Salang / not the whine of the royal accordion playing / remember hearing the king of Kabul say / “my death will occur on a sunny spring day”? / they killed him for living / killed him for what he would and would not sing / on the road winding / children in the trees / climbing for the chance to see / the coffin of a king / tell it to the sky / killed him for what he would and would not sing / they killed him for living