(Steve Goodman, Michael Smith)

[Spoken:]

Thank you very much ladies and gentlemen.

I'd like to do this next song especially for you. and for the king



Well....I walk up to the mike

and and then I shake my hips

I take a deep breath and put a snare on my lips

See me on the street you wouldn't know my name

But imitating Elvis is my claim to fame

So when you put my imitation name in lights

There'll be imitation good rockin' tonight



Cuz I'm an an Elvis imitator and I just can't stop

Imitating Elvis from the bottom to the top

Imitate the way he talked, the way he smiled

I throw away my scarf and make the crowd go wild

This imitation Elvis may not be the king

But baby I'm the next best thing



Singing Viva Las Vegas and the G.I. Blues

Won't you love me tender in my blue suede shoes

Well let me be your teddy bear, if you must

Oh baby please surrender, 'cause I need your touch

Well if you feelin' lonely, need a place to dwell

Come on down to imitation heartbreak hotel



We're gonna rock (rock rock rock)

Ooooh we're gonna rock (rock rock rock)

Ooooh we're gonna rock (rock rock rock)

Ooooh we're gonna rock (rock rock rock)



Yeah my gold lamee cape and my sequined suit

Pompadou haircut and my high-heeled boots

Imitating elvis is the only way

I can make it through my imitation day

I know this rocking music can't be denied

Cause I was imitating him before he died



Well I'm an an Elvis imitator and I just can't stop

Imitating elvis from the bottom to the top

I imitate the way he walked, the way he smiled

I throw away my scarf and make the crowd go wild

This imitation elvis may not be the king

But baby I'm th