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