The King Is Dead - Jackie Greene

Some people make a living

While others make it killing

Some start out as the hero

But they end up as the villain

Some people do the working

While others do the talking

I can see ‘em out there cruising

While the rest of us are walking

Some sail on a ship of fools

That do their best to make the rules

It might be that they don’t see

But it’s plain to me

The king is dead, the king is dead

He fought the fight but he lost his head

The king is dead but all they said

Was long live king

Long live the king

Oh don’t stand there looking useless

Pick up a heavy hammer

Get down upon your hands and knees

To work down in the mud

You’re gonna be subjected

To the struggle of existence

It’s time to show us all

What you’re really made of

Stand down, your game of greed

And find out what you really need

Untie the ties that behind

And leave it all behind

The king is dead, the king is dead

He fought the fight but he lost his head

The king is dead and all they said

Was long live king

The king is dead, the king is dead

We’re marching down on streets of red

The king is dead but all they said

Was long live king

Long live the king

Long live the king

Long live the king

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