King Of The Hill Lyrics

Lyric discussion by willypowwo 

Cover art for King Of The Hill lyrics by Roger McGuinn

It's about John Phillips, from Mamas and the Papas. Heard an interview with Tom Petty discussing it. Roger and Tom had both read John's autobiography. John was doing dope with his daughter, McKenzie - that's the 'she' in 'she follows you down for the kill'. Kept his rig in a green Gucci bag.

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@willypowwo He was a creepy character.

I saw a piece of file where McGuinn was making an album (I assume this one) and Tom was berating the producer accusing him of getting kickbacks. Tom said, "Well let's get him a decent song then". I guess this was his solution. I still revisit it, but it's one I don't think you'd hear even on satellite radio (maybe on the Tom Petty station).