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Artist: Tom Petty
Canonical path: /tom-petty/kings-road
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Kings Road
Read Kings Road lyrics by Tom Petty on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Kings Road
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Well they put me out on the old Kings Road
I didn't know which way to go
There was people all around wearin' funny lookin' clothes
Some boys, some girls, some I don't know
Chorus:
I didn't know which way to go
I'm a new world boy on the old Kings Road
Rockabilly music was in the air
I looked in the door, they said, "Come over here"
They had socks and shirts and underwear
That I'd seen before, but I don't know where
Chorus
A Pakistani man said, "Listen here
Let me fix you up before you go back there
You can't get 'em in the U.S.A.
Not in New York City, not in West L.A."
I thought about it, said, "I don't know
I'm a new world boy on the old Kings Road"
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