He was a legend
In his own time
The king of the troubadours
He stayed on the road all his life
The king of the troubadours
I'll always remember his blue eyes
And southern style
Here's to you
The king of the troubadours
He was an idol
To millions of people
And a stranger to his little girl
He was every mother's son
He belonged to the world
And somehow we didn't see
The tears in his eyes
So here's to you
The king of the troubadours
Sometimes it's not good
To stay away too long
Sometimes you need to go back home
Someday we'll all do
One last show
In that spotlight
That will never lose it's glow
How I wish I had told him
How much he means to me
How I wish that I could hold him
For one last memory
But I know he hears my song
And he lives in my heart
So here's to you
The king of the troubadours
Here's to you