well she drew out all her money from the southern trust

put her little boy on the greyhound bus

leaving memphis with a guitar in his hand

on a one way ticket to the promised land



yeah hey little girl with the red dress on

theres a party tonight down in Memphis town

i'll be going down there if you need a ride

the man on the radio said Elvis Presley died



we drove down to Memphis-the sky was hard and black

up over the ridge came a white caddilack

they drawn out all his money and layed him in the back

a woman from the road cried "oh hes gone hes gone"



they found him slumped up against the drain

a whole lot of trouble came running through his vein

so bye bye johnny johnny bye bye

you didnt have to die you didnt have to die



independence day and it was in the bath

we found the lizard king had paved his path

goin to his maker-the other side of dawn

a place where the poet cant ever do no wrong

bye bye jimbo jim bye bye

you didnt have to die

you didnt have to die