King for a Day

Everyone's creeping up to the money god

Putting tongues where they didn't ought to be

On stepping stones of human hearts and souls

Into the land of nothing for free

Well, the way that we're living

Is all take and no giving

There's nothing to believe in

The loudest mouth will hail the new found way

To be king for a day

Everyone's licking up to the new kingpin

Trying to get way up with a smile

Sing for your supper, boy

And jump to a finger click

Ain't my way of living in style

'Cause the ladder gets longer

And ambition gets stronger

I can't satisfy the hunger

That bad old moon has got you in its sway

To be king for the day

You're only here once

So you got to get it right

No time to fuss and fight

'Cause life don't mean much

If measured out with someone else's plight

In time, you'll see the light

'Cause the way that we're living

Is all take and no giving

There's not much to believe in

Not much to believe

The loudest mouth will hail the new found way

To be king for a day

King for a day

You get to be the kingpin

King for a day

Oh, to be the top dog

King for a day, for a day

Ooh, to be king for a day

King for a day, for a day

That bad old moon has got you

King for a day

In its sway

King for a day, for a day

King for a day, for a day

King for a day, for a day