King Just for a Day

Down and out again
 It's nothing new
 I guess it's always been this way, everyday
 There's nothing I can do
 I can't face the world again
 Go back to bed
 When you start with nothing
 There's nothing that you can do
 I just can't get ahead
 With my back against the wall
 I'm prepared to take the fall
 I don't think I'll ever hear them say
 King just for a day
 If only once it would be nice
 After all my sacrifice
 Carved in stone above my grave
 King just for a day
 I've worked my life away
 For someone else
 Nothing to show for all my work
 Like a jerk
 I've done it all myself
 Don't try to lend a hand
 'Cause I'm too proud
 I'm a self-made man,
 A man that's turned into
 A blank face in the crowd