King of the Earth

[Verse 1]

I'm as crazy as a clown tonight

A clown without a crown tonight

A simple sack of wishes and bones

I'm as useless as a memory

The day before it came to me

To save your town of stitches and stones

[Chorus]

For once in my life I was the king of the Earth

Once in my life

I was

[Verse 2]

I've flown horses on the skies above

Bled enough for you, my love

To fill these empty castles with ghosts

I've married devils to their history

Stood when you would bury me

Through a time of statues and roads

[Chorus]

But once in my life I was the king of the Earth

Once in my life

I was

[Bridge]

Now that the stars have frozen in their places

Now that our hope seems gone

Now that the scars have fallen from our faces

I will see you on

[Verse 3]

I'll never be your picture president

But I hope you got the rose I sent

To save your town of stiches and bones

I'm nothing more then but a simple man

Born to be American

Out to draw these bridges alone

[Chorus]

But once in my life I was the king of the Earth

Once in my life...