Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song The Ballad of the Crimson Kings, artist - Ray Wylie Hubbard.
Date of issue: 04.08.1997
Song language: English
The Ballad of the Crimson Kings |
They’re this band called the Crimson Kings |
Come from a-Carolina, Tennessee |
Make our stand across wild strings |
Old dreadnoughts and drop-down D’s |
Our roots run deep, true and tough |
As the tree of life mandolin |
We don’t flinch, oh and we don’t bluff |
For our hearts have been kissed by every wind |
There are some who can arise above my fate |
Others just can’t seem to pray |
Then there are those that are condemned by the gods to write |
They sparkle and they fade away |
Now we’ll run, we’re the reckless kind |
But we have not turned our backs on the savior choir |
See each life, all center-twined |
So we’ve come together for the wheels on fire |
Now some don’t know that they are blessed |
Perhaps this is what gives us our means |
Well I might be wrong, oh, nevertheless |
Sweet mother of pearl, say a prayer for a Crimson King |
There are some who can arise above my fate |
Others just can’t seem to pray |
Then there are those that are condemned by the gods to write |
They sparkle and they fade away |
There are some who can arise above my fate |
Others just can’t seem to pray |
Then there are those that are condemned by the gods to write |
They sparkle and they fade away |
Sparkle and they fade away |
Sparkle and they fade away |