King of Alabama

[00:26.35] Well, I didn't know him best
[00:29.79] He'd say we were friends
[00:33.48] We both rode the highways on a song
[00:39.23] So I'm writing this one here
[00:42.86] In memory of him
[00:46.50] 'Cause the King of Alabama
[00:49.27] Has gone home
[00:52.28] He was a man among men
[00:54.21] The old-school kind
[00:55.77] Had a great big heart
[00:57.40] A laid-back mind
[00:59.15] Let you hold his guitar if you broke a string
[01:02.04] If you thought he looked country
[01:03.95] Outta heard him sing
[01:05.37] From Alabama across the Rio Grande
[01:08.57] It'd be black top down with a Five B's playing
[01:12.04] Not because he loved it
[01:13.57] He did that too
[01:14.97] But he did it man 'cause that's what he was born to do, well
[01:18.78] Some people calculate moves
[01:22.33] He never had a thing to prove
[01:25.63] He just let the wind take him where it may
[01:32.38] It's a damn shame the way things go
[01:35.26] It's too bad we have to lose the good folks
[01:38.62] But the King of Alabama
[01:42.77] Has gone home
[01:56.12] And nothing good ever happens after midnight
[01:59.96] So the story goes
[02:03.20] You can't trust nobody
[02:06.17] It don't matter how close
[02:09.53] It was a friend that took him
[02:12.66] From his family
[02:16.06] I keep his chain in my pocket
[02:18.31] His son in my prayers
[02:19.59] Every stage I'm on
[02:21.24] I can feel him there
[02:23.12] Some people calculate moves
[02:26.47] He never had a thing to prove
[02:29.52] He just let the wind take him where it may
[02:36.43] It's a damn shame the way things go
[02:39.64] It's too bad we have to lose the good folks
[02:42.53] But the King of Alabama
[02:46.99] Has gone home
[03:08.09] Some people calculate moves
[03:10.99] He never had a thing to prove
[03:14.36] He just let the wind take him where it may
[03:20.16] And he'd say: Honky-tonk's the trick
[03:23.53] And get his guitar and grab a good pick
[03:27.44] And let the old tunes possess you as they're playing
[03:34.14] Well, It's a damn shame the way things go
[03:37.02] It's too bad we have to lose the good folks
[03:40.47] But the King of Alabama
[03:44.18] The King of Alabama
[03:47.10] The King of Alabama
[03:51.34] Has gone home
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