text: They shot him down
  They shot him down
  They thought he was a monster
  But he was the king
  They came to his island
  And they brought her with them
  They wanted to get his picture
  But they were surprised
  By his enormous size
  And when he saw the woman
  He took her without question
  Because after all
  He was the king
  And he loved the woman
  He loved the way she looked
  And she wouldnt stop screaming
  But he loved the woman
  And he fought a Tyrannosaurus Rex
  And it was a bloody battle
  But he fought it for his woman
  And he climbed up a mountain
  And he looked around
  Some kind of forest
  With all these dinosaurs
  And he stripped his woman
  He stripped her bare
  But there was a pterodactyl
  There
  And then a hero
  Came and took his woman
  And they fell off the mountain
  Into some water
  And then later
  He came looking for his woman
  But they were waiting
  And they threw a bomb
  And they tied him
  And took him across the ocean
  And they chained him
  And put him in the show
  And when he saw his woman
  He broke loose
  And everyone fled in terror
  And he was looking for her
  And he overtook a train
  And he was looking in the street
  And then he found her in her apartment
  And he climbed up
  The Empire State Building
  It was like a phallic symbol
  And he took his woman
  To the top of that towering temple
  And he climbed up and looked around
  Some kind of city
  With all those skyscrapers
  And all the cars
  Just him and his screaming woman
  And they were finally alone
  He loved his woman
  You could see it in his eyes
  His great big eyes
  He loved his woman
  From the moment that he saw her
  He was all choked up inside
  But when the airplanes came
  He was soon to die
  But he hung on long enough to set his woman down
  And make sure that she was safe
  And as the bullets pierced
  He looked at her so sincere
  Before he fell
  Because he loved his woman
  And they shot him down
  They thought he was a monster
  But he was the king
  Who killed the monkey
  twas beauty that killed the beast
  And Willis OBrien died
  A tragic death
  There wasnt much
  That he had left
  And Ray Harryhousen said
  That when Willis died
  Thats when the king was really dead
  They shot him down
  They shot him down
  They thought he was a monster
  But he was the king