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[00:14.40]He was born a man, he died a myth
[00:18.01]The man part left and the rest stayed with
[00:22.52]One part vision one part dream
[00:26.11]Partly mirror and partly screen
[00:29.73]That's why, why they say he never died
[00:43.36]The fat man's gone the thin one stayed
[00:46.98]Still flashy in that gold lame
[00:50.58]Lick his back and press him down
[00:55.09]Mail him to another town
[00:57.80]That's why, why they say he never died
[01:12.24]Things got hot in the styles he mixed
[01:15.85]Did you see him move in '56
[01:19.46]Gun smoke over the Sullivan show
[01:23.05]Shot waist up from Tupelo
[01:33.87]The Colonel's army took the soul
[01:39.29]That went by the name of King Creole
[01:41.10]And he's gone gone gone
[01:48.30]He's left this life, he's left this stage
[01:51.90]He's left the building but not the age
[01:56.43]We asked too much we took his best
[01:59.16]Couldn't let him live, can't let him rest
[02:02.75]That's why, why they say he never died
[02:34.32]It's America's own strange disease
[02:37.91]How we merchandise our tragedies
[02:41.52]If I invoke his name in vain
[02:45.15]Then too I share in all the blame
[02:48.76]For why, why they say he's still alive
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