| Oooh, I guess I knew it would happen eventually
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| But I was not prepared for the word
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| No, I was not prepared for the word
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| No, they didn’t give me no warning 'fore they told me the news
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| And I could not believe what I heard
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| No, I could not believe what I heard
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| Hey, well it started to hit me later on in the night
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| I reacted by blowing my stack
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| I reacted by blowing my stack
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| Oooh, feeling cheated and taunted and mad at the whole world at large
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| As I pissed on a black cadillac
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| As I pissed on a black cadillac
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| House of cards--(and) don’t it make ya wonder?
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| House of cards--(oh) don’t it make ya wonder?
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| Oooh, thousands of people gathered outside of his gate
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| Some came to sell souvenirs
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| Some came to sell souvenirs
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| Yes, souvenirs of the hillbilly singer who conquered the world
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| Now dead after 42 years
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| Dead after 42 years
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| (REPEAT CHORUS)
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| Yes, and then came the stories all pushin' their way through the press
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| Stories of madness and pain
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| Stories of madness and pain
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| Oooh, they’ll do what they can to ravage, exploit, and destroy
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| His glory, his fame, and his name
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| His glory, his fame, and his name
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| (REPEAT CHORUS)
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| Ooh, the King undisputed, reclusive an' high on a throne
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| The symbol an' saint, he was youth
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| Oh, the symbol an' saint, he was youth
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| Yes, an' now that he’s dead an' he’s laid in his great, marble tomb
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| We’re all left with a whole lotta truth
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| We’re all left with a whole lotta truth
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| Ooh, I guess a lotta sad people grew up on that hot, summer day
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| One more big dream swept away
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| One more big dream swept away
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| Yes, he’s gone an' he’s free, but still all of his music remains
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| I don’t know what more I can say
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| And I don’t know what more I can say. |
| .. except
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| (REPEAT CHORUS THREE TIMES)
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| Steve Forbert
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| Welk Music (ASCAP)/
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| Rolling Tide Music (ASCAP) |