Galaga King

by Finish Effect

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When Galaga was all that mattered. Long live the Galaga King!

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When I was a young boy
We’d hang out at the 7-11
Our reps were made by our scores
On a video game

Galaga was the title
And the goal was to roll it over
With a well earned top score
Even the lowest of us, could be redeemed

There was a boy, his name was Michael
He had mastered the machine
We gathered ‘round him like Disciples
Just to watch, while he cleared the screen

A Natural Leader
He was the Galaga King
No one could beat him
He was the Galaga King
There’ll never be better
He was the Galaga King
I’ll always remember
He was our Galaga King

If you put in the effort
You could make it to the top of the board
All it would take were some quarters
A steady hand, and it could be yours

So I practiced in secret
Spent all the money from my paper route
My parents thought I was crazy
They didn’t understand what it was about

I was determined, to make my mark there
Playing everyday after school
Until the time I finally rolled it
Couldn’t wait to tell Michael too

A Natural Leader
He was the Galaga King
No one could beat him
He was the Galaga King
There’ll never be better
He was the Galaga King
I’ll always remember
He was our Galaga King

There’s a place where young boys lead, and others follow
Where children dwell and make their final stand
But when the wall comes down, Neverland is swallowed
And you lose the boys, and then you lose The Pan

My Galaga days are well behind me
The old machines have long since gone
But even now, I still remember
The Galaga King before the dawn

A Natural Leader
He was the Galaga King
No one could beat him
He was the Galaga King
There’ll never be better
He was the Galaga King
I’ll always remember
He was our Galaga King

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released November 22, 2021
Music & Lyrics by Robert Benson Goble, SOCAN, 2017.
Performance: Finish Effect
Produced by: Finish Effect
Special Guest Artist: Paul Ouzounov on Electric Guitar Video Game Sound Fx Emulation
Photo Credit: "Galaga" by Ana Petree Garcia, via Flickr CC BY 2.0
www.flickr.com/photos/iamduckydale/8077265568/
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

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