I can see elvis lyrics by The Waterboys

Modern blues tracklist

released 2015 via
1. Destinies entwined
2. November tale
3. Still a freak
4. I can see elvis lyrics
5. The girl who slept from scotland
6. Rosalind (you married the wrong guy)
7. Beautiful now
8. Nearest thing to hip
9. Long strange golden road

I can see Elvis
skinny like he was back in fifty-seven
razor-quiffed and leather-squeezed
sideburns flickering in the breeze
that blows across the vales of heaven

I can see Elvis
throned like a king astride a golden Harley
smoking a reefer he just rolled
full of acapulco gold
with Jimi Hendrix and Bob Marley

I can see Elvis
prowling like a cat across a funky bandstand
Keith Moon behind him banging drums
Charlie Parker all thumbs
John Lennon doing handstands

I can see Elvis
talking philosophy and law with Joan of Arc and Plato
quizzing Shakespeare on his plays
showing Crazy Horse and Marvin Gaye
how to dance the mashed potato

I can see Elvis
high and low and high and low and high he?s hunting
looking for a special prey
who just arrived up here today
break out the bunting

I can see Elvis
he?s writing something down in a little leather journal
and here are all the words he wrote
?I am gonna slit the throat
of that skinflint, the Colonel?

I can see Elvis?..