In nineteen fifty-six... The United States of America Dropped a hi-fi needle on rock and roll And coast to coast, we started shakin' all over One nation, under God, out of control
Chorus It's The Elvis Thing It cuts right through you It tangles you up inside... turns your world upside down Like a mystery train... screamin' through the night There ain't nothin' been the same since The Elvis Thing been around
I grew up drivin' a tractor and playin' electric guitar It's a strange road full of detours and twists and turns And when I ask myself why I do what I do The answer is simple... there's a reason my earthly heart burns
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Come on, love me tender Come on, come on, love me true Just like The Elvis Thing got a hold on me... I wanna get a hold of you
When they write the history books and try to explain The second half of the twentieth century They'll talk about puttin' a man on the moon... They'll talk about Vietnam... They'll talk about Martin Luther King and John F. Kennedy... (But you know what they'll really be talkin' about)
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Like a mystery train... screamin' through the night There ain't nothin' been the same since The Elvis Thing been around
Composição: Steve Ripley, James Burton, D.j. Fontana, Scotty Moore