King Of Gibbstown

[Verse 1] King James owns a little white place In Gibbstown by the feed store gate Got a busted screen and a paint-job fade But he calls it a palace, hand-to-gate He rocks on the porch in work boots clean Says, "This here dirt got royal genes" The mailbox leans, the roof might groan Still he waves like he owns the zone [Pre-Chorus] Folks roll by and they laugh out loud Say, "That boy got a cloud for a crown" He just spits in the dust and grins Draws a line where the kingdom ends [Chorus] King James, king James, king of the soil King James, king James, born to toil From Gibbstown mud to the Milky Way That man got land in every way They say he's crazy, he says, "All right" Pass me that shovel, I'm here all night King James, king James, king of the soil King James, king James, king of the soil [Verse 2] He planted corn in a coffee can Called that patch his "continental plan" Put a flag in a flowerpot Said, "This is nation, like it or not" Neighbors asked if he ever sleep He said, "Not when the geese still eat" Then he winked at the county line Said, "That moon dirt? That’s mine" [Pre-Chorus] County clerk tried to make him sign He drew a globe in a hog pen line Pointed up like, "You see that shine? That there’s my fence on the far side" [Chorus] King James, king James, king of the soil King James, king James, born to toil From Gibbstown mud to the Milky Way That man got land in every way They say he's crazy, he says, "All right" Pass me that shovel, I'm here all night King James, king James, king of the soil King James, king James, king of the soil [Bridge] Well, he claims the creek, the gravel pit The patch by the church, the roadside ditch And if you ask him where it all begins He points at himself and starts right in "Son, a king don't need no stone or throne He just names the dirt and calls it home" [Final Chorus] King James, king James, king of the soil King James, king James, born to toil From Gibbstown mud to the Milky Way That man got land in every way They say he's crazy, he says, "All right" Pass me that shovel, I'm here all night King James, king James, king of the soil King James, king James, king of the soil