high on a hill the valley below me the blue sky above me my dream was so real i could not hear the hum of the highway or the drums of the foundry pounding out steel i didn t need no money i didn t need no time i didn t need nothing but my own piece of mind and you know that a voice like a whisper is bound to be heard for just one moment i m the king of the world for just one moment i m the king of the world so i close my eyes i let the power defeat me because the real world can t free me from this dirty old town where the four winds blow i sent my troubles rollin and since the world just kept on turnin i let it go round i didn t need no money i didn t need no time i didn t need nothing but my own piece of mind where the four winds blow i sent my troubles rollin and since the world just kept on turnin i let it go round i didn t need no money i didn t need no time i didn t need nothing but my own piece of mind i m the king of the world