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Elvis ,Jesus and The Devil

from That .​.​.​and a Quarter. by Louis King

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ELVIS JESUS AND THE DEVIL ©LKING 2008

ELVIS JESUS AND THE DEVIL /SITTIN THERE SHOOTIN’ THE BREEZE/UP JUMPED BIG OLD EINSTEIN/ SAID ‘ONE OF THEM BREWS FOR ME?/’SURE SAID ELVIS /SIT ON DOWN/TAKE THE WIEGHT OFF/ GRAB A PEW/YOU’RE THE MAN/ WITH THE MASTER PLAN/ I GOT SOMETHIN TO ASK OF YOU. ELVIS SAID .”YOU SMART BOY/SMARTEST EVER BEEN /I KNOW YOU SPLIT THE ATOM/MADE UP A TIME MACHINE /ROCKETS TO THE MOON /YOU KNEW THE SECRETS OF THE STARS/ BUT ALL THAT DID/WAS MAKE US SEE /JUST WHAT BIG FOOLS WE ARE/
THEY SAID I WAS THE KING/ MAN THEY SAID I HAD IT ALL / HAD THE WORLD RIGHT AT MY FEET/ MAN I HAD ME A BALL/ IHAD CADILLACS AND MONEY/WOMEN I HAD MY FILL/ TILL I WAS LYING ON A COLD COLD FLOOR/ WITH A HANDFULL ’OF PILLS”

JESUS SAID/”I’M THE TRUTH! /DO WHAT MYDADDY SAID/ YOU DON’T NEED MONEY /JUST HAND OUT A LITTLE BREAD/ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE /BUT THEY ALL WANTED MORE/ALL THEYNEEDED WAS A LITTLE BIT OF PEACE /BUT THEY JUST WOULDN’T STOP MAKIN’ WAR.

THE DEVIL SAID I HEAR YOU BOYS/BUT YOU MUST BOTH BE DUMB/DON’T TELL ME MAN IS AN INNOCENT /HE’S NOTHIN BUT AWORTHLESS BUM/ YOU GIVE A MAN THE WORLD/ .HE THROWS IT IN YOUR FACE /GIVE A MAN PARADISE /HE THINKS HE OWNS THE PLACE
COMES DOWN TO ME AND HIM /HE’S THE EVIL ONE /I KILL TO SURVIVE/HE DOES ITJUST FOR FUN/ I GAVE THE WORLD TO NERO /THOUGHT THAT HE WOULD LEARN /GOT HIMSELF IN A LITTLE MESS /IT’S BURN ,BABY, BURN/MET JOHNSON AT THE CROSSROADS /GAVE HIM SOMETHIN BIG/SOLD HIS SOUL?/HE GAVE IT AWAY/MAN HE FLIPPED HIS WIG/ TOOK OPPENHEIMERS BABY/ GAVE IT TO THE LAND OF THE FREE/ THEY DROPPED IT DOWN /BURNED THE GROUND /EVEN SCARED THE HELL OUTTA ME

HOW COME HE GETS TO WALK AWAY/HOW COME IT’S DOWN TO ME?. /LOOK AT ALL THE BAD THINGS HE DOES/ HE’S OUT THERE WALKING FREE/ GIVE HIM LOVE AND FREEDOM/HE TAKES FORTUNE AND FAME/WHEN IT ALL COMES CRASHIN’ DOWN HIS HEAD /IT’S ME THAT TAKES THE BLAME
ELVIS ,JESUS AND THE DEVIL

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from That .​.​.​and a Quarter., released May 9, 2020

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Louis King Melbourne, Australia

Louis has been at the top of the Roots music scene in Australia since their first CD was released in 1996 .
His music is a dangerous mix of Blues and Rockabilly songwriting with a stage act that is a mixture of an Outback roadhouse and a Glasgow Pub Dance.
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