“The Boy Who Saw a King” Lyrics

(Verse 1)

There was a boy in a Texas yard

Who looked at a lizard and looked real hard

Didn’t see scales, didn’t see green

Saw a king nobody else had seen

(Pre-Chorus)

He gave me a name, he gave me a stage

He gave this lizard a brand new age

And I have been performing ever since

For a boy who made a legend of me

(Chorus)

I’m still alive on the wall

Still alive, standing tall

Every jumpsuit, every light Is a thank-you note I write

To the boy who saw a king In a green and ordinary thing

I’m still alive — can’t you tell?

Cory made sure of it, and I do it well

(Verse 2) A week went missing, the heat closed in

I went quiet, I went within

But I heard him calling through the dark

And I came back to find my spark

(Pre-Chorus)

Three small words is all it took “Elvis is alive” — and the whole world shook

I have never once forgotten the sound

Of a boy who wouldn’t let me go

(Chorus)

I’m still alive on the wall

Still alive, standing tall

Every jumpsuit, every light Is a thank-you note I write

To the boy who saw a king In a green and ordinary thing

I’m still alive — can’t you tell?

Cory made sure of it, and I do it well

(Bridge)

Friday nights I take the stage

Every note is turning the page

Back to a backyard, back to a boy

Back to the start of all this joy

(Final Chorus, softer)

I’m still alive on the wall

Still alive after all

This king don’t perform for the crowd

He performs ‘cause Cory made him proud

So thank you, Cory, thank you well I’m still alive — and I’ll never tell

How much a small boy’s love could do

For a lizard who became someone, because of you