Jimmie Young

Lyrics

The King Aint Dead by Jimmie Young
Nov.15 2015

Rolling down Highway 61
I had the Mississippi river
Riding along shotgun
When I got to Memphis
I got on the phone
and I rang up the King to see
If he was home

The boys picked up said
The King is gone
Don’t come by
He’s moved along
Things just got out of hand
And the King is gone
I hope you’ll understand

Yeah the King is gone
Said he won’t be back
He took right off
In his Cadillac
We tried to reason but
He wouldn’t have that
He took right off
In that Cadillac

It made me think of
What he once said
How he felt like he’d be
Better off dead
How he missed how things
Once had been
He could wander ‘round town
And fit right in

Said he could grow a beard
And no one would know
He could get a job workin’
Down at the Texaco
He could fill you up
Check your tires and such
And then say thank you
Thank you very much

Yeah the King is gone
He left his mark
Now he’s living down
In the trailer park
They said the King is dead
But it ain’t so
He’s pumping gas
At the Texaco

So I went for gas and I’ll be damned
He was standing at the pumps
With a nozzle in his hand
He had a big ol’ beard
And shades so dark
His name tag might as well have
Had a question mark

He looked so happy I just let him be
I drove away and he didn’t even see me
I spun around
And headed home
And hope the tabloids
Would leave him alone

Yeah the King is gone
Said he won’t be back
He took right off
In his Cadillac
Yeah the King is gone
He left his mark
Now he’s living down
In the trailer park
They said the King is dead
But it ain’t so
He’s pumping gas
At the Texaco. Yeah he’s pumping gas at the Texaco. Thank you, Thank you very much.