I might be pouring your coffee or digging your Earth
or swinging a hammer for all it's worth
It's a week's worth of work for a day's worth of pay
But You get up in the morning and do it anyway
Now I work all year ‘till my wallet's fat
and I go out to the coast where the fine folk are at
and nobody knows who I am

cnd I swim in the water with the rich man's daughter
and I drink and I dance and I sing
the rest of my time might be scratching for dimes
but right here and right now I'm a king

Back in the city I don't look so pretty and all of you just pass me by
But here in the sand you all think I'm your man and the girls all give me the eye
I got the wind on my skin the sun on my faceI'm on top of the world, I'm the lord of this place
and nobody knows who I am

I see all you people with your mountains of cash
You might be richer than God but you still act like trash
I know I'm ragged and I shake when it's cold
but my heart is unbroken, it sparkles like gold

cnd I build you your houses and I bring you your food
You get the best I got whether you're kind or rude
but that's all light years behind me and miles away
cause I'm the King of this place today...