We were holy nights
Lit up pretty good on the big streets
You were the king of Cleveland
Playing blues in the back seats
From biker bars to limousines
You had a manager as pretty as she was mean
And I was in high school
Just checking out your scene
In the half life
But you had the flesh
And she had the knife
Yeah you had the flesh
And she had the knife

She said
C c c cause you are
A superstar
I will cut you
She said
C c c cause you are
A superstar
I will cut you (and she cut you)

The king of Cleveland
Fell with a thud
A heart as big as the ocean
just sank in the mud
of suffering and alcohol
you smoked a joint every time she would call
burning it down
until you did fall
and just kept falling
in the dirty east
everyone feeding
Until you find out you’re the feast
And everyone’s bleeding
The hallelujah son
The Holy Spirit undressing you in front of everyone
And hollow girls blooming over your shoulder until you are done
Erasing your past
A crystal falling into glass
A house of love
A flashing light
With crazy rain
Comes the crazier night
The king of Cleveland
Waking up in the half life
And maybe she has the flesh
And you have the knife
Yeah maybe she has the flesh and you have the knife
But

She says
C c c cause you are
A superstar
I will cut you
Yeah she says
C c c cause you are
A superstar
I will cut you (and she cut you)


We were holy knights
Lit up pretty good on the big streets
You were the king of Cleveland
Playing blues in the back seats
From biker bars to limousines
You had a manager as pretty as she was mean
And I was in high school
Just checking out your scene
And we were only half right
Sweeping up bones
Past the blind sight
In the half life
You had the flesh
And she had the knife
Yeah you had the flesh
And she had the knife
Yeah you had the flesh
She had the knife
You had the flesh
She had the knife
Yeah you had the flesh
And she had the knife