"King of the World"

Steely Dan - King of the World

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us0EsdiLBJY

 

 

Hello one and all

Was it you I used to know?

Can't you hear me call

on this old ham radio?

 

All I got to say

I'm alive and feeling fine

Should you come my way

you can share my poison wine

 

No marigolds in the promised land

There's a hole in the ground

Where they used to grow

Any man left on the Rio Grande

Is the king of the world

As far as I know

 

I won't take your bread

I don't need no helping hand

I can't be no savage

I can't be no highwayman

 

Show me where you are

You and I will spend this day

driving in my car

Through the ruins of Santa Fe

 

No marigolds in the promised land

There's a hole in the ground

Where they used to grow

Any man left on the Rio Grande

Is the king of the world

As far as I know

 

I'm reading last year's papers

although I don't know why

Assassins, cons and rapers

might as well die

 

When you come around

no more pain and no regrets

Watch the sun go brown

Smoking cobalt cigarettes

 

There's no need to hide

Taking things the easy way

If I stay inside

I might live 'till Saturday

 

No marigolds in the promised land

There's a hole in the ground

Where they used to grow

Any man left on the Rio Grande

Is the king of the world

King of the world

As far as I know

 

 

Photo taken at Tralala's Diner, Second Life

maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Pine%20Lake/183/163/36

 

Done