Jimmy said its not easy being the king of the world
Gets harder every day
Somebody's gotta do the job, ya know?
So it might as well be me

Bought himself a one way ticket
On a greyhound bus bound for Santa Fe
Left everyone behind he'd ever known
Just faded away...

Jimmy found himself
A lover down in Hollywood
He was a good man
As far as good men go, I guess

He sold system software for a high tech firm down in the valley
She wrote him a letter
It went a little something like this

She said I had big dreams, big dreams don't you know?
So hard to make these big dreams come true
Now I try to hold on to what we had the best I could
I find holdin on is the hardest thing to do

Oh I ain't comin home tonight
So don't wait up for me
No I ain't coming home tonight
Well I'm finally free
Was a guy that I met one night in a bar in Colorado
He said, man I got a gift, more like a curse, I must confess
Said I can remember everybody's name that I've ever met before in my life
So i said, name everybody in your first grade class, and he did, I guess

And then imagine all those names
Stretched out forever
Like the rays of light
From some long dead distant star

And I thought to myself
What have I done with this life of mine?
Besides finding myself in this smoke-filled bar
And I said

Oh I ain't comin home tonight
No don't wait up for me
No I ain't comin home tonight
Said I'm finally free
I'm finally free

And time rolls by
Like an old friend gone away
And I am just a mortal man
And death will be my final lover
And life will always be something that I'll never understand
And now I'm higher than a capitol building in downtown Austin
Freer than the west Texas wind
And I move down the street like a cloud moving across a clear blue sky
And I know I'll never feel this way again

Oh I ain't coming home tonight
So don't wait up for me
No I ain't coming home tonight
Oh I'm finally free
I'm finally free
I'm finally free
I'm finally free
I'm finally free
I'm finally free
I'm finally free
I'm finally free
I'm finally free
I'm finally free...