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
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 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
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 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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Duration
04:15
Key
6
Tempo
129 BPM

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