Johnny Cash King Of The Hill Lyrics

King Of The Hill Lyrics

If you gonna be king of the hill

You can't make it at the cotton mill



If you gonna be king of the hill

You can't make it at the cotton mill

Get put on at the Harlan mine

Be the last one out at quittin' time



You already workin' when the whistle blew

Never complain about a job to do

When they say who can, you say I will

If you ever gonna be king of the hill



If you gonna be king of the hill

You can't make it at the cotton mill



You need a good woman to share your bed

To keep you loved and to keep you fed

To help you to face another day

To get you up and on your way



Where the golden rule don't rule out true

You do to them before they do to you

Watch out for yourself or nobody will

If you ever gonna be king of the hill



If you gonna be king of the hill

You can't make it at the cotton mill



Saturday night you go to Harlan town

You shoot some pool and you fool around

You watch the girls and you drink bootleg

Get starved to death before you beg



You trust in luck till your luck is gone

Then jump right in and you hang right on

There may be times you would have to kill

If you ever gonna be king of the hill



If you gonna be king of the hill

You can't make it at the cotton mill



When the last of the coals out of every vein

Had long been gone on the northbound train

Walk up to the top and if you're standing still

You can call yourself king of the hill



But if you fall like a lot have done

By accident or knife or gun

When they lay you high on the mountain still

You can call yourself king of the hill



If you gonna be king of the hill

You can't make it at the cotton mill