Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer - Elvis Presley

      Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer - Elvis Presley




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Elvis Presley came to me in a dream last night 
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Like a sleepy golden eagle on the breeze 
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Wearing wings of Spanish leather, he was looking alright
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But his rebel heart lay bleeding on his knees 
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He said, "Sherman's wolves howl 'round the gate 
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And the sheep have gone astray 
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And Priscilla's flown to Paris, now she's lost to me" 


CHORUS:
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He said, "Throw out the lifeline
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Throw out the lifeline
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'Cause somebody's drifting away." 


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Then he took me over cracker malls and chicken shacks 
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Where the lost souls prowl the lonesome oceanside 
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They were waiting on the shadow of the Merrimack 
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Floating brave as Davis sabres on the tide 
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But he said, "Dixie slumbers in the cold, cold ground 
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And Lincoln  moulders in the clay 
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And they've got John Wilkes Booth on the radio 


CHORUS:
          Fsus2         Am
Singing, "Throw out the lifeline
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Throw out the lifeline
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'Cause somebody's drifting away." 


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Now the truth is plain and simple, but it flickers on my lips
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Like a moonbeam in a blue Kentucky pool 
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'Cause the Union, she's a clever and a worthy ship 
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But she's prideful, and she will not bear a fool 
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So the fleet sails blind past Beauregard 
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And the flagship founders in the bay 
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While the captain paces on the quarterdeck 


CHORUS:
         Fsus2         Am
Crying, "Throw out the lifeline
C             Am
Throw out the lifeline
       Fsus2      G         C      G
'Cause somebody's drifting away." 


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These blue suede shoes were made for someone else's feet 
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Me, I grow weary ever walking down that line 
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'Cause I never seem to reach the end of Lonely Street 
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Even though my heart's been broken for some time 
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Oh, if you should meet me on the march 
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From Appomattox all in grey 
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Won't you take this message to the King for me 


CHORUS:
           Fsus2         Am
Tell him, "Throw out the lifeline
C             Am
Throw out the lifeline
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'Cause somebody's drifting away"
           Fsus2         Am
Tell him, "Throw out the lifeline
C             Am
Throw out the lifeline
       Fsus2      G         C      
'Cause somebody's drifting away."