GRAYSON HUGH

Lyrics

A MAN CALLED ELVIS Lyrics
words by Grayson Hugh
music by Grayson Hugh & Marc Swersky
There was a man called Elvis he wasn’t the famous one he lived alone
in a little southern town
with his dog that he called Shotgun
Sold his greens by the side of the road under a big oak tree
I’d drive by
and I’d throw him a wave
and he’d always wave back at me
With a smile like the sun like he was havin’ fun wasn’t just anyone
he was a man called Elvis
Then one day at the laundromat he sat down next to me
our clothes were rollin’
and he unfolded
his whole history
Lost his wife about ten years back when he was sixty five
refought in two wars
had twelve grandkids
he was happy just to be alive He smiled and called me “son”
said “your life has just begun” wasn’t just anyone
he was a man called Elvis
Everybody’s in such a hurry
lettin’ life just pass on by
if you stop and bother to listen
you got symphonies and Shakespeare in a stranger’s eye
Ain’t on no t.v. show
ain’t in no video
ain’t on no movie screen it’s somewhere in-between in every human heart that’s where it’s gotta start and every now and then
When the day is done
and when the darkness comes I’m dreamin’ of
the southern sun
and a man called Elvis
Yeah he was smilin’ in the sun like he was havin’ some fun wasn’t like anyone
he was a man, was a man was a man, was a man
a man called Elvis
a man called Elvis
was a man called Elvis yes he was, yes he was he was a man called Elvis

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