Karaoke King Lyrics

Back in his hay day Jimmy used to play

In a Rock N Roll band on the county fair stage

They opened for some pretty big names

But their big break never came

These days Jimmy don't go too far

He's worn a path in the floor between the jukebox and the bar

Smokin' and drinkin' and cursin' about his union dues

But every Thursday night he's in the limelight

Singin' his heart out for the bar flies

The Karaoke King reliving his glory days

He'd Sing

If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me

Baby be a simple kind of man

Bill I believe this is killing me as the smile ran away from his face

But I swear that I could be a movie star if I could get out of this place

Now Jimmy's got his buzz on he's feelin' pretty good

Knockin' back the bottom shelf like we knew he would

Slurrin' his words and swayin' in his seat

Telling big fish stories nobody believes

Brenda at the bar has got a pretty heavy pour

He spends half his pay here the rest on child support

He flirts with the young girls but they just walk away

He'll show 'em what he's got when he's up on the stage

So don't stop believing, hold on to that feeling

Take it to the limit

Everything dies baby, that's a fact

Maybe everything that dies someday comes back

Put your make up on, put your hair up pretty

Cuz tramps like us, baby we were born to run

It's last call and Jimmy orders one more

But he can never drink enough to find what he's lookin' for

Fires up the Ford and turns on the radio

It says

Now that it's raining more than ever, know that we'll still have each other

You can stand under my umbrella

Turns it off and drives the rest of the way

Swervin' and cursin' about the kids these days

Walks in the door to greet his sadness

Reaches for a magazine under the mattress

Gets what he needs and falls off to sleep

Dreamin' about his broken dreams

Bye bye Miss American Pie, drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry

Them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye

Singin' this will be the day that I die

I'm so lonesome I could cry

Nothing really matters, anyone can see

Nothing really matters to me