He Knows He knows Waylon And he knows Merle He knows every country song In the whole wide world And she hangs on To every word Like he's the greatest country singer That she's ever heard He works the first shift He drives a forklift And she's like God's gift To a workin' stiff Who quit without his one believer Never, she never let him give up on his dream Here's to the queen Who loves her king Of country music He's an outlaw From nine to close To her, he's a living legend Nobody knows She gets a table Right by the stage And she cheers like a star-struck girl Half her age He works the first shift He drives a forklift And she's like God's gift To a workin' stiff Who quit without his one believer Never, she never let him give up on his dream Here's to the queen Who loves her king Of country music She holds him close at night She keeps his hope alive She knows come morning light He works the first shift He drives a forklift And she's like God's gift To a workin' stiff Who quit without his one believer Never, she never let him give up on his dream Here's to the queen Here's to the queen Who loves her king Of country music © transcript Emily Beynon