Oh King Richard
Lyrics
Oh King Richard, you run rummer's dream The swiftest of outlaw that I've ever seen Your checkered flag waving so high in the esteem 'Til no one can catch you at all So, what can you say about the man built for speed The master mechanic gave you what you need Survival on instinct and heart that don't bleed The winning tradition of a vanishing breed When I think about a lesser man, much like myself Alive in a vacuum, alone on a shelve To never go no place 'til all I got left Is staring at these lonely walls Oh King Richard, just keep up the pace Your boot in your gas tank, the smile on your face And you'll set the standard time can't erase And God only knows how you feel ♪ If there's life in the fast lane, then you wrote the book But it don't come as easy as you make it look 'Cause a man in his sunshades can't never slow down Without someone sneaking round stealing your crown From a dirt track in Charlotte to the Daytona line Your life flying by and you don't even mind The world loves a winner and you've shown them all How easy the King gets it done Oh King Richard, just look out below Some punk on your bumper, you're running too slow And one day you're older, the next thing you know Your races are already run Oh King Richard, man, are trying to get ya Yeah, but they never can catch you 'Cause you know how to drive like a- Oh King Richard, men are trying to catch ya Yeah, but they never can catch ya 'Cause you know how to drive like a fiend ♪ Oh King Richard I wanna live my life through your eyes They're trying to get you I'm wanna spend my life watching you drive They never can get you Oh, they never gonna take you, never gonna break you Oh King Richard Are you gonna stay away from the world They're trying to get you Oh, they're trying to make it work They never can get you They never gonna catch you, never taught they get you Oh King Richard You gotta have nerve to not this way They're trying to get you Yeah, you gotta hang on everyday And now that you mention They never gonna stop you, never gonna drop you Oh King Richard They're trying to get you They never can get you
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Song Details
- Duration
- 04:15
- Key
- 6
- Tempo
- 129 BPM
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