I Was King Of The Mountain For

We Got A Lot Of Politicians Up There On Capital Hill. Ain't It Funny How They Prosper While The Country Stands Still?

Men Commit Murder And All Sorts Of Mayhem, In A Few Years They're Back On The Streets. Highway Robbery And White Collar Crime, And They Laugh At The System They Beat.

His Songs Were Soon Curled On The Lips Of The World, They Had Earned Him The Highest Acclaim. And Yet His Greatest Desire Was The Simple Warmth Of Love's Fire, Cause It's Cold On The Dark Side Of Fame.

The Only Problem Was I Needed To Use My Own Group, And Things Didn't Happen Until I Did. It Wasn't A Real Country Sound, What I Did. I've Listened To It, And I Think It Was More A West Coast Rock Thing, You Know? But It Fit. It Was Country, But It Was My Own Interpretation Of Country.

Maybe It's Time We Got Back To The Basics Of Love.