The Waterboys - Modern Blues

I Can See Elvis

I can see Elvis
Skinny like he was back in fifty-seven
Razor-quiffed and leather-squeezed
Sideburns flickering in the breeze
That blows across the vales of heaven

I can see Elvis
Throned like a king astride a golden Harley
Smoking a reefer he just rolled
Full of acapulco gold
With Hendrix, Dean and Marley

I can see Elvis
Prowling like a cat across a funky bandstand
Keith Moon behind him banging drums
Charlie Parker all thumbs
John Lennon doing handstands

I can see Elvis
Talking philosophy and law with Joan of Arc and Plato
Quizzing Shakespeare on his plays
Showing Crazy Horse and Marvin Gaye
How to dance the mashed potato

I can see Elvis
High and low and high and low and high he's hunting
Looking for a special prey
Who only just arrived up here today
Break out the bunting

I can see Elvis
He's writing something down in a little leather journal
And here are all the words he wrote
"I am gonna slit the throat
Of that skinflint, the Colonel"
I can see Elvis
I can see Elvis
I can see Elvis
I can see Elvis
I can see Elvis
I can see Evlis
Elvis
Elvis



Credits
Writer(s): Michael Scott, Jay Barclay
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  5. The Girl Who Slept for Scotland
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  7. Beautiful Now
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  2. The Whole Of The Moon (Video Version)
  3. All Souls Hill (Deluxe)
  4. Once Were Brothers (Mashup)
  5. Once Were Brothers (Mashup) - Single
  6. In My Dreams (Mashup) - Single
  7. Blackberry Girl (Mashup)
  8. Glastonbury Fayre - Single
  9. All Souls Hill
  10. Here We Go Again

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