KING OF FOOLS
(Buck Owens / Red Simpson / Dusty Rhodes)


Buck Owens - 1962



I believe every lyin' word you told to me
When you whispered your sweet love belonged to me
How was I to know you would let me down
Well that's how this lonely king won this lonely crown

So long live the king, the king of fools
A king with a castle filled with gloom
A king whose treasures are just memories of you
Long live the king, the lonely king of fools

(Instrumental Break)
 
When your fling is through I know that you'll be back once more
And the king of fools will take you back just like before
You'll fool me till you find somebody new
And once again I'll be the lonely king of fools

So long live the king, the king of fools
A king with a castle filled with gloom
A king whose treasures are just memories of you
Long live the king, the lonely king of fools






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - February 2012)