[Verse 1]
I'm as crazy as a clown tonight
A clown without a crown tonight
A simple sack of wishes and bones
I'm as useless as a memory
The day before it came to me
To save your town of stitches and stones

[Chorus]
For once in my life I was the king of the Earth
Once in my life
I was

[Verse 2]
I've flown horses on the skies above
Bled enough for you, my love
To fill these empty castles with ghosts
I've married devils to their history
Stood when you would bury me
Through a time of statues and roads

[Chorus]
But once in my life I was the king of the Earth
Once in my life
I was
[Bridge]
Now that the stars have frozen in their places
Now that our hope seems gone
Now that the scars have fallen from our faces
I will see you on

[Verse 3]
I'll never be your picture president
But I hope you got the rose I sent
To save your town of stiches and bones
I'm nothing more then but a simple man
Born to be American
Out to draw these bridges alone

[Chorus]
But once in my life I was the king of the Earth
Once in my life...