My kingdom's come crashing down

Says the king with the paper crown

I’ve searched all my life and found

Only fool's gold in this paper crown

Only fool's gold in this paper crown

You can be a king for the day

Or throw it away

Rule all the land

From your castles of sand

Or war with the world

For diamonds and pearls

Or wait by the sea

For your fate to agree

My kingdom’s come crashing down

Says the king with the paper crown

I've searched all my life and found

Only fool's gold in this paper crown

Only fool's gold in this paper crown

You can be a king for the day

Or throw it away

Rule all the land

From your castles of sand

Or war with the world

For diamonds and pearls

Or wait by the sea

For your fate to agree

And one day you'll find the tide

Turning in time

When all that you've held to decays

Then tossed by the wind no works

Of mice or men

Could save your soul on that day, yeah

The king with the paper crown

My kingdoms come crashing down

Says the king with the paper crown

You can be a king for the day

Or throw it away

Rule all the land

From your castles of sand

Or war with the world

For diamonds and pearls

Or wait by the sea

For your fate to agree

The king with the paper crown

Paper crown, paper crown