King For A Day (Album Version)

Man if they just let me run things my way

This world would be a swinging place

Yeah pops

What would you do

The first thing I'd do is call a basement session

Uh pops you mean summit conference

Man I don't mean a un kind of a session

I mean a jam session

If you're king for only a day

How'd you go by having your way

Well if my every wish is your command

I'd go in from a swinging band

With all the leaders from every land

Can't you hear that messed up beat

I'll tell you now you'll need defeat

While they would fall right in a swinging groove

And all the ism's gonna move

Relationships is bound to improve

How can they all agree on one melody

Would each man call his own too

They will want the song they played all along

You're expecting too much too soon

Don't you mind I'll swing this deal

Just you seen the world of you

Say it's the only session of it's kind

Where how many you should've find

The well can take a holiday

If I'm king for a day

Yes yes yes

If I'm king for a day

Pops

You got eyes to wear a crown

I might enjoy being king

At all

But if bonning was king

And there's king oliver

There's count basie

And duke ellington

And earl fatha hines

Man quit driving me

You know that cary noel

That's his first name

No

Manny had me fooled all these years

Although my king is wise

Can't he realize

Rome wasn't built in a day

Won't a diplomat just be up to scat

In a hypocritical way

Not each day I'm playing jazz

There'll be no such rizoma dance

'Cause it's the session where we jam the blues

Cruise ship bound in bows and shoes

Couldn't have the final take

If I'm king for a day

Day

Yey

Days

If I'm king for a day