I Can See Elvis Lyrics - Modern Blues - Waterboys

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 

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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 

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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....