Rodney Crowell - Oh King Richard Lyrics
Oh King Richard you run rummer's dream
The swiftest of outlaw that I've ever seen
Your checkered flag waving so high in the esteem
And no one can catch you at all
The master mechanic gave you what you need
Survival on instinct and heart that don't bleed
The winning tradition of a vanishing breed
When I think about a lesser man much like myself
Alive in a vacuum alone on a shelve
To never go no place 'till all I got left
Is stareing at these lonely walls
Oh King Richard just keep up the pace
And you'll set the standard that time can't erase
And God only knows how you feel
If there's life in the fast lane
Than you wrote the book
But it don't come as easy as you make it look
'Cause a man in his sunshades can't never slow down
With out someone sneaking round stealing your crown
From a dirt track in Charlotte to the Daytona line
Your life flying by and you don't even mind
The world loves a winner and you've shown them all
How easy the King gets it done.
Oh King Richard just look out below
Some punk on your bumper your running to slow
Than one day you're older the next thing you know
Your races are already run.
Oh King Richard man they're tryin' get ya
Yeah, but they never can catch you
'Cause you know how to drive like a fiend
Oh King Richard yeah they're trying to catch ya
But they never can catch ya
'cause ya know how to drive like a fiend
Oh King Richard, oh King Richard
I wanna live my life through your eyes
I'm going spend my life watching you drive
Oh King Richard, oh King Richard
Oh their never gonna take you their never gonna catch you
Their never gonna
Oh King Richard, oh King Richard
You gotta have nerve to live this way
Yeah you gotta hang on everyday
Their never gonna stop you
They're never gonna top you
Oh King Richard, oh King Richard
Burnin' it, rockin' it
Oh King Richard, oh King Richard
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Rodney Crowell Oh King Richard Comments
Don't really like this version I like the Kyle Petty version way better
oh king Richard thank u 43 stp car rules
The Pearson & Petty rivalry, still unmatched. When stock cars were really stock cars!
I played this in my car a couple of weeks ago - my 5 year old Granddaughter made me play it over and over and over and over again. Not a country music fan - just a girl - who knows good music when she hears it. This is a great song! I am a huge Rodney Crowell fan
You can say what you want about Kyle's version. And Kyle is probably a better race car driver than Rodney. But Rodney's writing and performing career far outdistance Kyle's.
This is terrific, first time I've heard the original version. I love Kyle's but I may like this one a little better.
I first heard this about 7,8years on a cassette tape with a bunch of other songs about NASCAR racing , I forgot the name of the title of it,but,this song was on it,it's a great song,just like the others,yea,they don't make them like they used to :-).
Kyle Petty's Version is Better but this version is good too