Rodney Crowell - Oh King Richard Lyrics
Oh King Richard you run rummer's dreamThe swiftest of outlaw that I've ever seenYour checkered flag waving so high in the esteemAnd no one can catch you at all.So what can you say 'bout the man built for speed?The master mechanic gave you what you needSurvival on instinct and heart that don't bleedThe winning tradition of a vanishing breedWhen I think about a lesser man much like myselfAlive in a vacuum alone on a shelveTo never go no place 'till all I got leftIs stareing at these lonely wallsOh King Richard just keep up the paceYour boot in your gas tank the smile on your faceAnd you'll set the standard that time can't eraseAnd God only knows how you feelIf there's life in the fast laneThan you wrote the bookBut it don't come as easy as you make it look'Cause a man in his sunshades can't never slow downWith out someone sneaking round stealing your crownFrom a dirt track in Charlotte to the Daytona lineYour life flying by & you don't even mindThe world loves a winner & you've shown them allHow easy the King gets it done.Oh King Richard just look out belowSome punk on your bumper your running to slowThan one day you're older the next thing you knowYour races are already run.Oh King Richard man they're tryin' get yaYeah, but they never can catch you'Cause you know how to drive like a fiendOh King Richard yeah they're trying to catch yaBut they never can catch ya'cause ya know how to drive like a fiendOh King Richard, Oh King RichardI wanna live my life through your eyesI'm going spend my life watching you driveOh King Richard, Oh King RichardOh their never gonna take you their never gonna catch youTheir never gonnaOh King Richard, Oh King RichardYou gotta have nerve to live this wayYeah you gotta hang on everydayTheir never gonna stop youThey're never gonna top youOh King Richard, Oh King RichardBurnin' it, rockin' itOh King Richard, Oh King Richard
