I was running down the stairs I had to fill my lungs with air I would have shouted to high heavens If I only had the word And I was, I was the King of the world And then I laid you here across my breast You sighed then you came to rest About the size of my underarm Just about the weight of a bird And I was, I was the King of the world Time is a brute With claws we get caught between You'll get older and you'll look at me And I know it may not seem Like on an august afternoon I left your mom and you in that room And I was running down the stairs Had to fill my lungs with air In an empty parking lot I was dancing on the spot I was, I was the King of the world Before you had ten hours And long before a name You had a gaze so penetrating I felt both proud and ashamed But the wow was my best shot And in that empty parking lot I had the past on my shoulders But the future left to my choice I felt the weight of life's promise And then I heard my father's voice Saying a baby girl Now you go be the King of the World