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King Of The World lyrics
Songwriters: Schneider, Robert Linwood;

Jimmy said it s not easy being the king of the world
It gets harder every day
Somebody s gotta do the job, ya know?
So it might as well be me

Bought himself a one way ticket
On a greyhound bus bound for Santa Fe
Left everyone behind he d ever known
Just faded away

Jimmy found himself
A lover down in Hollywood
He was a good man
As far as good men go, I guess

He sold system software
For a high tech firm down in the valley
She wrote him a letter
It went a little something like this

She said, "I had big dreams, big dreams, don t you know?
So hard to make these big dreams come true
Now I try to hold on to what we had the best I could
I find holdin on is the hardest thing to do"

Oh, I ain t comin home tonight
So don t wait up for me
No, I ain t coming home tonight
Well, I m finally free

Was a guy that I met
One night in a bar in Colorado
He said, "Man, I got a gift
More like a curse, I must confess"

Said, "I can remember everybody s name
That I ve ever met before in my life"
So I said, "Name everybody in your first grade class"
And he did, I guess

And then imagine all those names
Stretched out forever
Like the rays of light
From some long dead distant star

And I thought to myself
What have I done with this life of mine?
Besides finding myself in this smoke-filled bar
And I said

Oh, I ain t comin home tonight
No, don t wait up for me
No, ma, I ain t comin home tonight
Said I m finally free, I m finally free

And time rolls by like an old friend gone away
And I am just a mortal man
And death will be my final lover
And life will always be something that I ll, I ll never understand

Now I m higher than a capitol building in downtown Austin
Freer than the west Texas wind
And I move down the street like a cloud moving
Across a clear blue sky
And I know I ll never feel this way again

Oh, I ain t coming home tonight
So don t wait up for me
No, I ain t coming home tonight, tonight
Oh, I m finally free

I m finally free
Finally free
Finally free
Finally free
Finally free
Finally free
Finally free
Finally free
I m finally free
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