FROM AN ORPHAN TO A KING

AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES IN THE LAND OF DOWN UNDER

THE KING GATHERED ALL HIS STRENGTH AND PITCHED THUNDER

EDDIE FEIGNER THREW THE VERY BEST PITCH OF HIS LIFE

CAUGHT BY QUEEN ANNE MARIE HIS TEAM MATE WIFE

THE BALL BROKE EIGHT INCHES SO SAID HIS QUEEN

THE KING GOT A STANDING OVATION AT THAT OLYMPIC SCENE

EDDIE FELT THE TEARS IN HIS EYES OF HIS ANNE MARIE

HOW FAR HAD HE COME? HE WAS ONCE AN ORPHANED BABY!

LEFT AT ST MARY’S HOSPITAL WHEN HE WAS ONE DAY OLD

EDDIE FEIGNER’S LIFE IS WORTHY OF BEING TOLD

NO MAN SHOULD BE JUDGED FROM THE HEIGHTS HE’S SCALED

BUT FROM THE DEPTHS HE’S COME AND HOW HE’S PREVAILED

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FROM AN ORPHAN TO A KING HE’S MET EVERYONE, DONE EVERYTHING

EVEN ELVIS PRESLEY CALLED HIM THE KING

THROUGH THE LOVE OF HIS QUEEN

EDDIE FEIGNER FROM AN ORPHAN TO A KING

HE’S LEFT MILLIONS OF SMILES ON MILLIONS OF FANS

TRAVELED MILLIONS OF MILES TO SO MANY LANDS

STARTING IN NINETEEN FORTY SIX AS A SOFTBALL DARE

HIS FOUR MEN BEAT NINE MEN FAIR AND SQUARE

OVER NINE HUNDRED NO HITTERS AND TEN THOUSAND GAMES WON

THE KING STANDS ALONE IN HIS HALL OF FAME OF ONE

FASTER THAN SANDY KOUFAX OR NOLAN RYAN

EDDIE FEIGNER IS THE KING! THE VERY TOP LION

CLINT EASTWOOD PLAYED WITH THE KING. THE KING MADE HIS DAY

IN THAT CHARITY GAME HE PUT SIX HALL OF FAMERS AWAY

THOUSANDS OF GAMES LATER IN SERVICE TO THE LORD

HE RECEIVED THE VICTOR SPORTS LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

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MORE THAN FIFTY MEN PLAYED FOR THE KING AND HIS COURT

THEN HE ADDED A LADY WHO BECAME HIS CONSORT.

THE LAST OF THE BARNSTORMERS STILL ON THE ROAD

HIS BELIEF IN THE LORDS’ KEPT HIM ON THE RIGHT ROAD

NOT ONLY AN ENTERTAINER, THE KING’S A COMMITTED MAN

OVER THREE SCORE YEARS HE’S TAKEN STAND AFTER STAND

HE STOOD WITH PRESIDENT KENNDY SUPPORTING CIVIL RIGHTS

PROTESTED THE EVIL DEEDS OF THE KLAN’S TARNISHED KNIGHTS

WHILE ALLIED PLANES AIRLIFTED SUPPLIES TO BERLIN

THE KING AND COURT WERE THERE PLAYING FOR AMERICA TO WIN

THANK YOU KING THANK YOU COURT FOR ALL YOU’VE DONE

YOUR FANS HAVE NEVER LOST BECAUSE OF YOU, WE’VE WON!

REPEAT CHORUS AND LAST LINE IN CHORUS ONE MORE TIME

Joe Pickering Jr. Songwriter King of the Road Music BMI Performed by Phil Coley