King For A Day

Lyrics

Yeah, I'm drivin' down your freeway
 In a brand new car that I just found
 Oh, it was parked there in your driveway
 Didn't want to wake you with a sound
 So I pushed it down the street
 Hopped in runnin', I rolled the window down
 Yeah, I'm doin' 95 now
 I'm smokin' crack, it can't be beat
 And thanks for all the money
 You left in your wallet on the seat
 Oh, it's generosity like yours
 That keeps us poor folk off the street
 Hey, I'm doin' 110 now
 Can you still hear me on your phone?
 I got a hundred cops behind me
 And overhead I hear the choppers groan
 Oh, I'm headed for the wall, now
 Gotta hang up now, thanks for the loan
 Chorus:
 So is this how we'll end
 My face here on TV
 Here's a message for your mother
 Out the window--can she see?
 So I'm cuttin' to the exit
 I can see people on the shoulder wave at me
 They're wavin' at me
 Don't know how things will end, now
 But I never wanted this to be so hard
 That's how love will go, it's either there
 Or it's not there in the cards
 So I'll leave you now, but you'd better check
 The fire I set in our backyard
 Now I wonder if they'll shoot me
 Or just fire that taser gun
 And to tell you all the truth,
 It don't matter a difference either one
 I know it's just a job they're doin'
 A man's gotta take it as it comes
 Oh, I think my bumper fell off
 Somewhere ten miles back
 The transmission is history
 The engine block is cracked
 I'm pickin' through these bottles
 Left here behind the seat
 The radiator's boilin' and
 The needle's in the heat
 So this is how it ends, now
 You get the kids and kick me out
 So I guess I had to show you
 That this man is not a mouse
 Hey, I hope you're happy now
 I gotta hang up now and crash into this house
 Daddy's home!

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Song Details

Duration
05:26
Key
7
Tempo
105 BPM

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