Released: November 4, 2016
Songwriter: Jon Bon Jovi Chris DeStefano Ashley Gorley
Producer: Jon Bon Jovi John Shanks
[Verse 1]
Heavy is the head that wears the crown
All the people came to hear him speak from miles around
They hung on every word, a song in every sound
Heavy is the head that wears the crown
He touched the sky to light up all the stars
He could snap his fingers and catch lightning in a jar
I am you and you are me, we are who we are
Touch the sky and light up all the stars
[Chorus]
All hail the king whose castle's falling down
The paper prince who wears a cardboard crown
Poor man has his money, rich man has his gold
All hail the king whose fortune is his
Soul, soul, soul
[Verse 2]
He climbed the clouds to Heaven's highest hill
When you get that high the earth below looks just like a blue pill
Gave wind to all his horses, and to all his men good will
When he climbed down from Heaven's highest hill
[Chorus]
All hail the king, whose castle's falling down
The paper prince who wears a cardboard crown
Poor man has his money, rich man has his gold
All hail the king whose fortune is his
Soul, soul, soul
[Verse 3]
He breathed his last, they laid him in the ground
False prophets spoke of riches and said all hail to us now
The faithful wouldn't listen and they never would bow down
He breathed his last, they laid him in the ground
[Outro]
All hail the king whose castle's falling down
The paper prince who wears a cardboard crown
Poor man has his money, rich man has his gold
All hail the king whose fortune is his
Soul, soul
Soul, soul
Soul, soul
Soul
Heavy is the head that wears the crown
All the people came to hear him speak from miles around
They hung on every word, a song in every sound
Heavy is the head that wears the crown
He touched the sky to light up all the stars
He could snap his fingers and catch lightning in a jar
I am you and you are me, we are who we are
Touch the sky and light up all the stars
[Chorus]
All hail the king whose castle's falling down
The paper prince who wears a cardboard crown
Poor man has his money, rich man has his gold
All hail the king whose fortune is his
Soul, soul, soul
[Verse 2]
He climbed the clouds to Heaven's highest hill
When you get that high the earth below looks just like a blue pill
Gave wind to all his horses, and to all his men good will
When he climbed down from Heaven's highest hill
[Chorus]
All hail the king, whose castle's falling down
The paper prince who wears a cardboard crown
Poor man has his money, rich man has his gold
All hail the king whose fortune is his
Soul, soul, soul
[Verse 3]
He breathed his last, they laid him in the ground
False prophets spoke of riches and said all hail to us now
The faithful wouldn't listen and they never would bow down
He breathed his last, they laid him in the ground
[Outro]
All hail the king whose castle's falling down
The paper prince who wears a cardboard crown
Poor man has his money, rich man has his gold
All hail the king whose fortune is his
Soul, soul
Soul, soul
Soul, soul
Soul
more tracks from the album
This House Is Not for Sale
- We Don’t Run
- Reunion
- Come On Up to Our House
- Real Love
- All Hail the King
- I Will Drive You Home
- Goodnight New York
- Touch of Grey
- When We Were Us
- God Bless This Mess
- Scars on This Guitar
- This House Is Not for Sale
- Knockout
- Labor of Love
- Born Again Tomorrow
- Living with the Ghost
- Roller Coaster
- New Year’s Day
- The Devil’s in the Temple
- Walls
From the album
- This House Is Not for Sale (2016)
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- Livin’ on a Prayer
- It’s My Life
- You Give Love a Bad Name
- Always
- Wanted Dead or Alive
- I’ll Be There for You
- Bed of Roses
- Runaway
- Bad Medicine
- Thank You for Loving Me
- Never Say Goodbye
- Have a Nice Day
- Walls
- This Ain’t a Love Song
- Keep the Faith
- Shot Through the Heart
- Unbroken
- These Days
- Born to Be My Baby
- Do What You Can
- This House Is Not for Sale
- Story of Love
- In These Arms
- Roller Coaster