i hear they re building casinos a few miles from my old house i think i ll take all my money see if i can figure it out so i sold my guitar it s no use to me if i can t be a star well i will be the next best thing i thought by now that i would be a king and you d be my queen i thought by now the world would have stopped just to notice me maybe i ll join the navy get sent to attack why would i fight for a country that doesn t even have my back so i sold my car it s no use to me wherever you go there you are and you aren t with me i thought by now that i would be a king and you d be my queen i thought by now the world would have stopped just to notice me  i thought by now that i would be a king and you d be my queen i thought by now the world would have stopped just to notice me yeah yeah hey yeah oh yeah yeah hey yeah oh