King Of The Hill Lyrics - Johnny Cash

If you gonna be king of the hill 

You can't make it at the cotton mill 

If you gonna be king of the hill 

You can't make it at the cotton mill 

Get put on at the Harlan mine 

Be the last one out at quittin' time 

You already workin' when the whistle blew 

Never complain about a job to do 

When they say who can, you say I will 

If you ever gonna be king of the hill 

If you gonna be king of the hill 

You can't make it at the cotton mill 

You need a good woman to share your bed 

To keep you loved and to keep you fed 

To help you to face another day 

To get you up and on your way 

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Where the golden rule don't rule out true 

You do to them before they do to you 

Watch out for yourself or nobody will 

If you ever gonna be king of the hill 

If you gonna be king of the hill 

You can't make it at the cotton mill 

Saturday night you go to Harlan town 

You shoot some pool and you fool around 

You watch the girls and you drink bootleg 

Get starved to death before you beg 

You trust in luck till your luck is gone 

Then jump right in and you hang right on 

There may be times you would have to kill 

If you ever gonna be king of the hill 

If you gonna be king of the hill 

You can't make it at the cotton mill 

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When the last of the coals out of every vein 

Had long been gone on the northbound train 

Walk up to the top and if you're standing still 

You can call yourself king of the hill 

But if you fall like a lot have done 

By accident or knife or gun 

When they lay you high on the mountain still 

You can call yourself king of the hill 

If you gonna be king of the hill 

You can't make it at the cotton mill