Hello, one and all, was it you I used to know   Can't you hear me call on this old ham radio?   All I got to say, I'm alive and feeling fine   Should you come my way, you can share my poison wine      No marigolds in the promised land   There's a hole in the ground   Where they used to grow   Any man left on the Rio Grande   Is the king of the world as far as I know      I won't take your bread, I don't need no helping hand   I can't be no savage, I can't be no highwayman   Show me where you are, you and I will spend this day   Driving in my car through the ruins of Santa Fe      No marigolds in the promised land   There's a hole in the ground   Where they used to grow   Any man left on the Rio Grande   Is the king of the world as far as I know      I'm reading last year's papers   Although I don't know why   Assassins, cons and rapers   Might as well die      When you come around, no more pain and no regrets   Watch the sun go brown, smoking cobalt cigarettes   There's no need to hide, taking things the easy way   If I stay inside, I might live till Saturday      No marigolds in the promised land   There's a hole in the ground   Where they used to grow   Any man left on the Rio Grande   Is the king of the world   King of the world as far as I know