King Of The World lyrics Lyrics

song lyrics 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 song lyrics