Jimmy said it's not easy being the king of the world It gets harder every day Somebody's gotta do the job, ya know? So it might as well be me Bought himself a one way ticket On a greyhound bus bound for Santa Fe Left everyone behind he'd ever known Just faded away Jimmy found himself A lover down in Hollywood He was a good man As far as good men go, I guess He sold system software For a high tech firm down in the valley She wrote him a letter It went a little something like this She said, "I had big dreams, big dreams, don't you know? So hard to make these big dreams come true Now I try to hold on to what we had the best I could I find holdin' on is the hardest thing to do" Oh, I ain't comin' home tonight So don't wait up for me No, I ain't coming home tonight Well, I'm finally free Was a guy that I met One night in a bar in Colorado He said, "Man, I got a gift More like a curse, I must confess" Said, "I can remember everybody's name That I've ever met before in my life" So I said, "Name everybody in your first grade class" And he did, I guess And then imagine all those names Stretched out forever Like the rays of light From some long dead distant star And I thought to myself What have I done with this life of mine? Besides finding myself in this smoke-filled bar And I said Oh, I ain't comin' home tonight No, don't wait up for me No, ma, I ain't comin' home tonight Said I'm finally free, I'm finally free And time rolls by like an old friend gone away And I am just a mortal man And death will be my final lover And life will always be something that I'll, I'll never understand Now I'm higher than a capitol building in downtown Austin Freer than the west Texas wind And I move down the street like a cloud moving Across a clear blue sky And I know I'll never feel this way again Oh, I ain't coming home tonight So don't wait up for me No, I ain't coming home tonight, tonight Oh, I'm finally free I'm finally free Finally free Finally free Finally free Finally free Finally free Finally free Finally free I'm finally free