The King Is Rising

every morning on the evening news I hear the same ol?story someone singing the blues disaster striking out and you뭨e not ready California quakes and the Midwest floods see the hurricanes and the Malibu mud ice and snow, you know it drives you crazy I hear the prophet of the modern day shouting out from the side of the stage the kind is rising will you be ready to stand up and fight there뭩 feeling all across the land times are tough--getting way out of hand crime is on the run and there뭩 no safety war in the streets, the economy nothing stays the same and there뭩 nothing for me everybody뭩 frantic for the sure thing I see the prophet of the modern day stepping out from society뭩 cage the king is rising will you be ready to stand up and fight the king is rising will you be ready to lay down your life I don뭪 think he뭠l take any longer, no, I don뭪 think he뭠l take any more (solo) the king is rising will you be ready to stand up and fight the king is rising will you be ready to lay down your life