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King For A Day Lyrics
Everyone's creeping up to the money god,
Putting tongues where they didn't ought to be
On stepping stones of human hearts and souls,
Into the land of "nothing for free"
Well the way that we're living,
Is all take and no giving,
There's nothing to believe in,
The loudest mouth will hail the new found way,
To be king for a day
Everyone's licking up to the new king pin,
Trying to get way up with a smile
Sing for your supper boy and jump to a finger click,
Ain't my way of living in style
'Cause the ladder gets longer,
And ambition gets stronger,
I can't satisfy the hunger,
That bad old moon has got you in its sway,
To be king for the day
You're only here once so you got to get it right
(No time to fuss and fight)
'Cause life don't mean much if measured out with someone else's plight
(In time you'll see the light)
'Cause the way that we're living,
Is all take and no giving,
There's not much to believe in,
The loudest mouth will hail the new found way,
To be king for a day
You got to be the king for a day, ah
To be king for a day
Putting tongues where they didn't ought to be
On stepping stones of human hearts and souls,
Into the land of "nothing for free"
Is all take and no giving,
There's nothing to believe in,
The loudest mouth will hail the new found way,
To be king for a day
Trying to get way up with a smile
Sing for your supper boy and jump to a finger click,
Ain't my way of living in style
And ambition gets stronger,
I can't satisfy the hunger,
That bad old moon has got you in its sway,
To be king for the day
(No time to fuss and fight)
'Cause life don't mean much if measured out with someone else's plight
(In time you'll see the light)
Is all take and no giving,
There's not much to believe in,
The loudest mouth will hail the new found way,
To be king for a day
You got to be the king for a day, ah
To be king for a day
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No - that's more specific than the song actually indicates at. This is an anti-capitalist song - hence the time it was written and released in (in the 1980's): when such a philosophy/life-style was truly taking hold of the western world in an such an open and extroverted manner.
Clearly its about the lust for fame at any cost that plagues many people in the entertainment industry. People lose sight of what is truly important and think that fame and success, however brief or shallow, will make them happy. However, "the ladder gets longer, and ambition gets stronger, I can't satisfy the hunger, that bad old moon has got you in its sway, to be king for a day."
Clearly its about the lust for fame at any cost that plagues many people in the entertainment industry. People lose sight of what is truly important and think that fame and success, however brief or shallow, will make them happy. However, "the ladder gets longer, and ambition gets stronger, I can't satisfy the hunger, that bad old moon has got you in its sway, to be king for a day."
No, YOU are wrong.
Nah, it's just general, Colin's songs have always seemed pretty general. Andy's songs -- look at Train Running Low on Soul Coal or Funk Pop a Roll -- are addressing the music industry.