King of the Song

He would lean into my cradle
Rest an revolver on an infant cheek
Speeding' and singing
Singing and speeding
Speeding, singing
My infancy to sleep
Well, I can hear his voice
And I can hear his song
Singing he's gone
Nobody sings like my daddy sang
He was the King of the Song
Nobody sings like my daddy sang
I knew that I'd never sing
The way that my daddy sang
Do you know what it's like to be born to a legend
To be born to a freak
To face expectation from your first crowning peak
At the world, an umbilical peak at this hideous
Fame-ridden world
Where I hear his song
Singing he's gone
Nobody sings like my daddy sang
He was the King of the Song
Nobody sings like my daddy sang
I know that I'll never sing
The way that my daddy sang
The way that my daddy sang
I am the King of the Song
I am the King of the Song
I am the King, the King of the Song
I am the King of the Song
I am the King of the Song
I am the King, the King of the Song
I am the King of the Song
I am the King of the Song
I am the King, the King of the Song
I am the King of the Song
I am the King of the Song
I am the King of the Song
What do you mean you don't know my singer?
What do you mean you don't know his song?
He was speeding' and singing
Singing and speeding
Speeding, singing
Come on, let's sing along
You can beat his heart again
When you sing his song
Although he's gone