King of This Town (feat. C. R. Millett & Andrew Chapman)

You were king of this city, in mine eyes at least Gave us no pity, kept us on a short leash You'd say remember who you are When you're out in this town And don't do something That could bring us all down You'd tell us all the stories of the times before When you tried to leave your daddy Running off for the war But the doctor said you couldn't serve Your Uncle Sam Then a couple years later Made your dad your best man I guess life, goes full circle Yeah always be kind Even to the kind that are hurtful 'Cuz ya never know when they'll Come back around Especially when ya gotta be the King of this Town Everyone thinks it happened over night But they never saw the time And every inch you had to fight Long haired hippie, turned business suit Now everyone respects Everything that you do You climbed so high Them people they forgot You were once a punk kid Haulin' cars to the lot You struggled every day Just to make the ends meet And you'd work through the night Just to make it for your queen I guess life, goes full circle Always be kind Even to the kind that are hurtful 'Cuz ya never know when they'll Come back around Especially when ya gotta be the King of this Town You'd always find the time To play us that guitar Screamed the words of Prine Knew you dreamed to be a star You put that all away, so you could raise your six kids But I'm stuck here Wanting the same things that you did I picked up the six, so I could be like you And I played the same songs from my childhood room Never gave much thought to those nights from the past 'til I played you those songs Through the nights that were your last I guess life, goes full circle Always be kind Even to the kind that are hurtful 'Cuz ya never know when they'll Come back around Especially when ya gotta be the King of this Town