Original subtitles

Ripped and Corrected by VaVooM

Here he comes!

Oh, it's turning.

Oh, oh, Elvis! Elvis!

Mr. P., can I get you some sandwiches?

That will be fine, Pauline.

I'm gonna check on Lisa Marie, honey.

Okay.

Sleep tight, darling.

Good morning, everybody.

It's WGAN Radio in Portland, Maine.

It's 74 degrees and 8:05.

Time to get ready for Elvis Presley.

Elvis will be coming later today

for his concert at the Cumberland County Auditorium.

Elvis' show is almost sold out,

but we have six tickets here at WGAN

and we'll be giving them away to you, so stay tuned.

You just might be a lucky winner.

Colonel Parker is already over at the Sheraton Hotel,

and Elvis' guys are setting up for his arrival.

So don't touch that dial if you want you know everything.

I'll be talking to some of the "Memphis Mafia",

as they've come to be known,

and we'll have the up-to-the-minute word

on what's happening with Elvis in Portland.

Elvis is still in Graceland, his home in Memphis...

But he'll be arriving here later this afternoon

in his personal jet, the "Lisa Marie".

Now, here's another Elvis record, his latest hit...

"Moody Blue".

Well, it's hard to be a gambler

Betting on the number that changes every time

When you think you're gonna win

You think she's givin' in

A stranger is all you'll find

Yeah, it's hard to figure out what she's all about

That she's woman through and through

She's a complicated lady so color my baby Moody Blue

Oh, Moody Blue...

Excuse me, Colonel,

Joe Esposito is on the phone from Memphis.

Yeah, Joe.

Colonel, I'm at Baptist Memorial Hospital.

I'm afraid I've got some terrible news.

Elvis is dead.

Pandemonium has broken out

here on Elvis Presley boulevard in Memphis.

Thousands of fans from all over the country

are converging on Graceland trying to get in

to view the body of the 42-year-old

king of rock and roll.

The world is shocked by Elvis Presley's sudden death

after attempts to save his life failed.

The apparent cause, according to his personal physician,

Dr. George Nichopolous, is a heart attack.

The singer's father, Vernon Presley,

has requested that an autopsy be performed.

Everyone stay back!

I was raised on Elvis.

We started when I was 10 years old.

My mother and daddy loved him,

and I just say I was raised on him.

There's nobody else like him

and there won't ever be anybody else like him.

Why go to all this trouble?

Because we love Elvis. We still do.

You're not going to get in, you know.

Doesn't make any difference.

I'm friends with a few

people in the group, I want them to know I'm here.

Maybe they'll see me on the street.

We loved him very much.

I just can't believe he's dead.

It's terrible, but I just thank god

that Elvis died here in Graceland

instead of on the road

like any other rock and roll singer.

Whether you're black or white,

whether you're country, redneck, or a freak,

young or old, from Moscow, London, or Memphis,

Elvis Presley will still be the king of rock and roll to me.

Please wait up against the curb.

I was born in a small cotton town in the rolling hills of Mississippi.

I guess Tupelo was as good a place as any to grow up in.

As far back as I can remember, grandma lived next door.

Daddy was a sharecropper, and most of the time we got by alright.

But one year, he went to prison

after writing a bad check for some food.

Mama got us through by taking in washing and sewing.

Mama and I were always real close.

I had a twin brother, Jesse, but he died at birth,

so I was an only child.

We were a religious family.

The first singing I ever did was in church.

Gospel songs were always a strong influence on my music.

...some fine morning when this life is old

I'll fly away

I'll fly away, oh, glory

I'll fly away

when I die hallelujah by and by

I'll fly away

I guess I was kind of a loner, but I wasn't much different

than the other kids I grew up with.

I'd hang around parts of Tupelo my folks never even knew about.

If mama had known where I was half the time,

I would have caught hell for it.

This friend of mine used to take me across town to an area called Shakerag,

and that was when I first heard the blues.

It sure was a lot different than the music we were singing in church.

Let's watch them play.

...treatin' me this way

Baby, goin' to Gary...

I realized then that music...

The blues, gospel, or whatever...

Is all about letting out what you're feeling inside.

Baby, you had no business

Treat me this way

For Elvis's birthday Vernon and I saved up

and gave him a choice between a bicycle and a guitar.

Elvis sure loved that guitar.

There simply wasn't enough work for Vernon in Tupelo.

He tried everything he could,

but we just couldn't make a steady living down there.

We hated to admit it, but we were broke... flat broke.

We packed everything we could into our old Plymouth

and moved on.

Things just had to get better.

The years in Memphis weren't much easier for us,

but at least daddy had a job at a paint company

and mama was working part time.

Around other kids, I felt kind of different.

Maybe it was the clothes I wore,

that I had long hair and sideburns

when other guys had crew cuts,

but somehow I just didn't fit in.

I guess, in a way, I was kind of shy,

but I knew something good was going to happen to me someday.

I just didn't know what.

Let me introduce my new Rocket 88

Yes, it's straight just won't wait

Everybody likes my Rocket 88...

I worked different jobs after school

so I could afford my favorite R&B records and sharp clothes.

People always bugged me about my hair.

Later on, I had so many kids using pomade...

That greasy kids' stuff...

I should have got a piece of the action.

But I liked my hair long,

'cause that's the way truck drivers wore it.

I went to Humes High in Memphis, where I got my share of B's and C's.

I thought I might do better in music, but the teacher gave me a flat F

and wouldn't let me in the Glee Club.

That was very good, Mandy. Thank you.

Alright.

Our next "Club Day" performer is Elvis Presley.

Elvis? Come on up. It's your turn.

I was real nervous when I had to get up there.

I thought most of the kids in class were going to laugh at me

'cause they figured I wasn't good at anything.

When my turn came,

I tried an old rhythm and blues song I'd been practicing.

Train a-Ride

Sixteen coaches long

Train a-Ride

Sixteen coaches long

Well, that long black train

Got my baby a-Home

Train, train

Comin' down, down the line

Train, train

Comin' down, down the line

Well, that long black train

Got my baby a-Home

Everything seemed to change for me

that day I sang in front of my class.

And after that, I could always count on my music

to help me make friends... Especially girls.

After graduating high school,

I made a record for my mama's birthday.

I'd kind of gone there to be heard by the owner, Sam.

Later, Sam called me back to work with Scotty Moore and Bill Black,

two fine musicians.

At the time, Sam Phillips was recording

a lot of black artists, and the word around Memphis was

he was looking for a white singer with a black sound.

We tried to cut a record for six months with about 50 songs.

Nothing sounded right.

Alright. Hold it, you guys.

Bottom line here is this is just not making it.

Now, if we can get something that will, great.

If not, let's rack it up.

Elvis, you can pull it out of yourself.

You can do it.

Alright, sir.

Do you guys remember that old blues song we used to do?

Then it all kind of clicked.

Even on the first take, we knew we had something.

Well, That's All Right, Mama

That's all right for you

That's all right, mama, do just any way you do

Well, that's all right, that's all right

That's all right now, mama

Any way you do

Well, mama she done told you

Papa done told me, too

Son, that girl you foolin'

Well, she ain't no good for you

Well, that's all right

That's all right

That's all right now, mama

Any way you do

...Red Hot Blue this record'll flat get it, people.

It's called "That's All Right, Mama".

It's gonna be a big record for a boy.

His name is Elvis Presley.

It's on the sun record label from here in Memphis.

And it's been the most requested tune

for two or three nights.

Elvis, Scotty, bill, and me will all be uptown

next week at the Chiska Basement.

I want you people to come see us.

Remember, Phillips told you, "That's All Right, Mama".

I'm leavin' town today

Suddenly, it was like my whole world turned upside down.

We played local gigs all through the south.

Everywhere we went, the crowds got bigger and the girls wilder.

Then one crazy day,

we were somewhere on the road, I don't even know where,

a man came backstage and introduced himself...

Colonel Tom Parker.

Our son wasn't even 21 when Gladys and I first met Colonel Tom Parker.

He was already well-known

for having managed Hank snow and Eddy Arnold.

Right from the start, Colonel Parker believed in Elvis.

Then in 1956,

the country got its first look at Elvis on national television.

Ladies and gentlemen... I'd like to present

one of radio's most listened to disc jockeys... Bill Randall.

William.

We'd like at this time to introduce you

to a young fellow who, like many performers,

Johnnie Ray among them,

come up out of nowhere to be, overnight, very big stars.

We saw him for the first time while making a movie short.

We think tonight he's going to make television history for you.

We'd like you to meet him now... Elvis Presley.

Well, get out of that kitchen and rattle those pots and pans

Get out of that kitchen and rattle those pots and pans

Well, roll my breakfast 'cause I'm a hungry man

I believe you was doin' me wrong

And now I know

I believe you was doin' me wrong

And now I know

'Cause the harder I work the faster my money goes

Well, let's shake, rattle, and roll

I said shake, rattle, and roll

I said shake, rattle, and roll

I said shake, rattle, and roll

Well, you won't do right to save your doggone soul

Hey

I'm like a Mississippi bullfrog

Settin' on a hollow stump

I'm like a Mississippi bullfrog

Settin' on a hollow stump

I've got so many women I don't know which way to jump

Well, I said flip, flop, and fly

I don't care if I die

I said flip, flop, and fly

I don't care if I die

Don't ever leave me don't ever say goodbye

Thank you. Thank you very much.

After that first time on television, things really took off for me.

I couldn't believe the fans around the country.

Wherever we went, people wanted to get to us.

They didn't try to hurt me,

they just wanted to take home part of me as a souvenir.

You make me so lonely, baby

You make me so lonely...

People asked why I moved around so much on stage.

Well, it just came natural to me, the way I felt rock and roll.

Well, now if your baby leaves you

You've got a tale to tell

Well, just take a walk down lonely street

To heartbreak hotel

You're gettin' so lonely, baby

You're really lonely

You'll be so lonely you could die

Well

Well, I think Elvis Presley has a nice style and sings okay,

but when he gets on the stage, he starts to drive those girls nuts

by shaking and jumping and laying all over the stage.

You know what I mean?

Right. And you think that's bad?

Well, it's kind of crazy.

No, it depends on how you look at it.

If you want to think it's nasty or sexy you could,

but to me, it's just...

The two things are not necessarily the same.

Yeah, well, it's just so limber and loose.

It's really marvelous.

Well, he just feels the rhythm.

Digs it the most.

You don't see anything wrong with it?

No.

You just stand there.

Now, everybody stand in line and I...

Hey, what are the Ritz Brothers doing here?

I was... hey, young man, if you want an autograph,

would you stand in the back there?

I don't care who you are.

I'm Elvis Presley.

Elvis Presley!

Give me the good old Rudy Vallee days.

Elvis, sing your hit song.

You ain't nothin' but a Hound Dog

Cryin' all the time

You ain't nothin' but a Hound Dog

Cryin' all the time

Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit

And you ain't no friend of mine

Well, they said you was high-Class

Well, that was just a line

I had no idea this performance of "Hound Dog"

was gonna cause such a row.

The critics jumped all over me for it.

I still can't figure out what got them so riled.

You ain't nothin' but a Hound Dog

Cryin' all the time

You ain't nothin' but a Hound Dog

Cryin' all the time

Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit

You ain't no friend of mine

You ain't nothin' but a Hound Dog

Cryin' all the time

You ain't nothin' but a Hound Dog

Cryin' all the time

Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit

You ain't no friend of mine

There is no room in this city

for the vulgar performances of Elvis Presley.

It's shocking.

I watched him gyrate his legs and swivel his hips,

and our parent-teachers group feels he should not be on television.

We've set up a 20-man committee

to do away with this vulgar, animalistic, nigger, rock and roll bop.

Our committee will check with the restaurant owners and the cafes

to see what Presley records is on their machines,

and then ask them to do away with them.

People started calling me a sex maniac, saying I was lewd and obscene.

It got to be ridiculous when the police filmed my shows.

I thought the bad publicity would hurt my career,

so I took a shot at telling my side of the story.

Hello? Hy Gardner calling.

I have Elvis Presley on the phone.

Hello, Elvis?

Less than two years ago,

you were earning $14 a week as a movie usher,

and then $35 a week for driving a truck in Memphis.

Today, you're the most controversial name in show business.

Has this sudden notoriety affected your sleep,

your appetite, or the size of your head?

Not the size of my head.

It's affecting my sleep.

How much sleep do you get?

I average about four or five hours a night.

Is that enough?

No, but I'm used to it and I can't sleep any longer.

What do you keep in mind mostly?

I mean, some of the songs you're going to do,

or some of your plans or what?

What goes through your mind?

Well, everything has happened to me so fast

in the last year and a half

till... I'm all mixed up, you know?

I can't keep up with everything that's happening.

Your style of gyrating while you sing

has been bitterly criticized

even by usually mild and gentle TV critics.

Do you Bear any animosity towards these critics?

Well, not really.

Those people have a job to do and they do it.

Do you think you've learned anything

from the criticism leveled at you?

No, I haven't...

Because I don't feel I'm doing anything wrong.

You ain't nothin' but a Hound Dog

Cryin' all the time

Rock and roll has got to go...

And go it does.

At KWK, we're all through playing rock and roll records.

This week is record-breaking week here at KWK.

And after this week,

no more rock and roll will be played on the air.

The obscenity and vulgarity of the rock and roll music

is obviously a means by which the white man and his children

can be driven to the level with a nigger.

It is obviously nigger music.

It is our feeling here in Jersey City

that this rock and roll rhythm is filled with dynamite,

and we don't want the dynamite to go off

in the Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City.

After, uh... we, uh... Heard about the incidents

throughout the country

and the coming of this concert to Jersey City,

I asked our commissioner of public safety,

Lawrence Whipple, to look into the matter,

and he did make a survey of the situation.

My department made a very thorough investigation

of these so-called programs.

We had telephone conversations

and correspondence with various municipalities.

Included among these being Hartford, Connecticut,

Orange, New Jersey, Asbury Park, and the City of Hoboken.

We find that these programs

are not for the good of the community,

and that's why I ordered them banned.

I don't see that any type of a music

would have any bad influence on people

when it's only a music.

I mean, I can't figure it out.

In a lot of the papers, they say rock and roll

is a big influence on juvenile delinquency.

I don't think that it is.

What about the rumor that you once shot your mother?

Well, I think that one takes the cake.

Where does that one come from?

I have no idea. I can't imagine.

There's another one, you may not have heard before.

Several newspaper stories hinted that you smoked marijuana

in order to work yourself into a frenzy while singing.

Well, I don't know.

All the attention I'd been getting

got the studios interested in me.

My first film was going to be called "The Reno Brothers",

I had a hit song out at the time,

so they renamed it "Love Me Tender".

The Colonel put together a huge premiere

in New York City,

but when the movie opened,

some film critics took potshots at my acting.

Still, the picture did real well at the box office,

thanks to the fans.

We want Elvis! We want Elvis!

In the film, Richard Egan played my brother.

And because we were both in love with Debra Paget,

we ended up in a shootout.

There's nothing else between us, I swear it.

Well, go on, take him now,

or I'll take him myself.

Vince?

Come on, let's get the money and get out of here.

Get away from him. Leave him alone!

Don't move. Just lie still.

Cathy, where's Vince?

I got to talk to him.

Right here, Clint.

Vince, I didn't mean it.

I know you didn't, Clint.

You don't have to tell me.

Everything's gonna be alright.

Everything's gonna be alright.

I saw the film for the first time

with my folks in Memphis.

After the picture ended,

I remember having to calm mama down.

At first, I didn't realize what was wrong.

She was upset and crying.

Finally, she said she just couldn't stand

to watch me getting killed up there on the screen.

...that I love you

And I always will

In 1957, Elvis bought us Graceland,

a beautiful house and farm outside Memphis.

We felt like we were living way out in the country.

Merry, merry Christmas, baby

Sure did treat me nice

Elvis insisted Vernon and me and his grandmama

move in and live with him.

By then, Elvis already had six or seven Cadillacs.

He used to say if he ever went broke,

he could always open a used car lot.

Give me diamond rings for Christmas

And I'm livin' in paradise

Those were good times for us.

Almost everything was going right for me.

I liked having people around,

but I started to feel, even with my old friends,

things were a little different.

Well, I'm feelin' mighty fine

Got good music on my radio

Well, I want to kiss you, baby

While you standin' 'neath the mistletoe

Take it on, baby, take it on

Yo, yo, ho

Hey, you guys,

there's that rock and roll cowboy

I told you about.

Do you want him to sing?

I hope we do well in the city as we did in the small towns.

City's just like a small town, only taller.

Hey you, sideburns,

I got a chick down there wants to hear you sing.

Why don't you come around the theater

tomorrow afternoon? He'll be on the stage.

I told my girl I'd get you to sing.

A man can't go back on his word, can he, fella?

Look, maybe you didn't understand me, fella.

But Mr. Rivers doesn't sing in juke joints,

so why don't you run on back and drink your malted?

Say, what's the trouble?

These showpeople starting something?

There's no trouble, sir.

Mind if I sing a little song for them?

No, he don't mind.

Do you, Frank.

No, no, I don't mind.

I got a woman mean as she can be

I got a woman mean as she can be

Sometimes I think she's almost mean as me

A black cat up and died of fright

'Cause she crossed his path last night

I got a woman mean as she can be

In the movies, I was cast as a rock and roll rebel,

and I guess those pictures helped build my image as a tough guy.

Well, you ain't bad, sideburns.

What do you do for a living?

I'm with my old man in auto accessories, why?

Well, I usually get paid for singing as a rule.

I figure you ought to do whatever you do for me.

How about putting a new set of seat covers on my car?

Why, sure, sideburns. What color you want?

I figure his color's yellow, don't you?

Get the police. Quickly.

Not all the fights I got into were staged.

Around that time, I got in a scrape with the law

and had to appear in a Memphis court.

A guy at a gas station took a swing at me,

I wasn't about to stand there and take it,

so I punched him and got busted.

The court finds insufficient evidence to support the charge.

It's funny... Once you start to make it,

some people want to hassle you.

The judge agreed with me and threw the case out,

but everyone was still worried about my effect on young people.

Next time I went on television,

I was only filmed from the waist up.

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a big show...

A real big show...

With Elvis Presley headlining tonight.

Here is Elvis Presley!

We'd like to tell you that, to all the people watching,

and all you people that are here tonight,

that we really are thankful

for all the success that you made us have and everything.

This is my biggest record, and it goes something like this.

Ah, you know I can be found sittin' home all alone

If you can't come around at least please telephone

Don't be cruel to a heart that's true

Well, baby, if I made you mad

For something I might have said

Please let's forget my past the future looks bright ahead

Don't be cruel to a heart that's true

I don't want no other love

Baby, it's just you I'm thinkin' of

Don't be cruel to a heart that's true

Don't be cruel to a heart that's true

Well, I don't want no other love

Baby, it's just you I'm thinkin' of

At the end of the show, Mr. Sullivan called me back out.

He caught by surprise.

Elvis...

Ladies and gentlemen,

inasmuch as he goes to the coast now for his new picture,

this could be the last time we'll run into each other for a while.

But, I.. Wait a moment.

I wanted to say to Elvis Presley and the country

that this is a real decent, fine boy.

And wherever you go, Elvis...

...the guys who accompany you over there,

we want to say that we've never had

a pleasanter experience on our show

with a big name than we've had with you.

You're thoroughly alright.

So now, let's have a tremendous hand for a very nice person.

After Mr. Sullivan helped put an end to the criticism of me,

I made the film "Loving You".

I don't know what it was about one song in that picture,

but people from all over the world

sent me hundreds of Teddy Bears.

Just let me be your Teddy Bear

Put a chain around my neck and lead me anywhere

Oh, let me be

Oh, let him be

Your Teddy Bear

I don't want to be your tiger 'cause tigers play too rough

I don't to be your lion

'Cause lions ain't the kind you love enough

Oh, let me be your Teddy Bear

Put a chain around my neck and lead me anywhere

Oh, let me be

Oh, let him be

Your Teddy Bear

Oh, let me be

Oh, let him be

Your Teddy Bear

I just want to be your Teddy Bear

Oooh

What is your connection with Mr. Presley?

Groucho, I'm the president of the San Diego Elvis Presley fan club,

and the honorary president over 100 Southern California chapters

of Elvis Presley fan clubs.

Well, that's quite impressive.

Do you have any souvenirs of Elvis, Renee?

Oh, I'm just loaded with them, Groucho.

I can't get in and out of my room. I brought a few.

What have you got there?

I've got some Elvis Presley Teddy Bear perfume.

And this is the sexiest stuff.

And I have a guitar pick, which I stole.

I want to tell you something else I have,

which is my very greatest prized possession.

And that is the red and white western outfit

that he wore in the picture "Loving You"

when he sings "Teddy Bear".

And I wouldn't take a million dollars for it.

In fact, it's insured.

I also finagled around, and I have two locks of his hair.

You have locks of his hair?

Do you have any cream cheese to go with it?

I'll tell you what we do, fellas.

Anybody wants to ask Hedda Hopper a question,

if you'll just raise your hand,

when I point at you, just get up

and real loud, ask a question

and we'll try to answer it.

You.

How much money has Elvis Presley made

since his career started?

Are you kidding?

When he started, he couldn't spell Tennessee.

Now he owns it.

You've been found guilty by a jury of your peers

of the crime of manslaughter.

I didn't know if it was movies following real life

or the other way around, but in the film "Jailhouse Rock",

I was standing in front of a judge again.

This time, I got sent up the river.

A little while back,

I had a vacation with a bunch of men

in a big place way out yonder.

We always had a lot of fun with this one...

The "Jailhouse Rock".

The warden threw a party in the county jail

The prison band was there and they began to wail

The band was jumping and the joint began to swing

You should have heard those knocked-Out jailbirds sing

Let's rock

Everybody, let's rock

Choreographing this title song as a lot of fun.

No wonder this was my favorite production number.

Spider Murphy played the tenor saxophone

Little Joe was blowin' on the slide trombone

The drummer boy from Illinois went crash, boom, bang

The whole rhythm section was the purple gang

Let's rock

Everybody, let's rock

Everybody in the whole cell block

Was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock

Number 47 said to number 3,

"You're the cutest jailbird I ever did see

"I sure would be delighted with your company

Come on and do the Jailhouse Rock with me"

Let's rock

Everybody, let's rock

Everybody in the whole cell block

Was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock

Shifty Henry said to Bugs "for heaven's sake

No one is lookin', now's our chance to make a break"

Bugsy turned to Shifty and he said, "nix, nix

I wanna stick around a while and get my kicks"

Let's rock

Everybody, let's rock

Everybody in the whole cell block

Was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock

Dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock

Dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock

Dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock

Suddenly, the fantasy life I'd been caught up in

ended when uncle Sam called.

I thought, "well, that's it. It's all over".

But what really worried me was my mother's health.

She'd been under a lot of strain,

and now everything was changing again.

Congratulations. You are now in the army.

You are all privates.

That's the way you'll be addressed from now on.

Private Presley, you'll be in charge of the group.

As I watched Elvis say goodbye to his friends,

I kept thinking about everything we'd been through as a family.

And now, Elvis was going away.

It's not easy for a mother to say goodbye to her only child...

Especially a son like Elvis.

Bye! Bye! Bye!

Hup, hup, hup, hup

I got those hup, two, three, four, occupation G.I. Blues

From my G.I. Hair to the heels of my G.I. Shoes

And if I don't go stateside soon

I'm gonna blow my fuse

We'll get hasenpfeffer and black pumpernickel for chow

I'd blow my next month's pay for a slice of Texas cow

I got those hup, two, three, four, occupation G.I. Blues

From my G.I. Hair to the heels of my G.I. Shoes

And if I don't go stateside soon

I'm gonna blow my fuse

Occupation G.I. Blues

Occupation G.I. Blues

Occupation G.I. Blues

At ease

I went through basic training in Texas, and I had my folks move down.

I rented them a nice place in Killeen,

a small town just off the base.

It wasn't exactly Graceland,

but at least it was off limits to Drill Sergeants.

When my mother's health took a sudden turn for the worse,

she returned to Memphis.

I took a private plane home

as soon as I could get an emergency leave.

Daddy was already at the hospital taking care of mama.

How long are you going to be in town?

When Elvis arrived at the hospital,

I had the tough job of telling him

it was more serious than we thought.

When we went into her room, Gladys was real weak,

but you could see a sparkle in her eye

when she saw Elvis walk in.

As we left,

I had this empty feeling in my gut.

When I first saw mama, I couldn't help crying.

Then she calmed me down, just the way she always had.

I left there praying she'd get better,

but she passed away the very next night.

My mother's death affected my whole life.

I loved her so very much.

All of a sudden,

I felt like my life had no meaning without her.

A month later, we were shipped off to New York,

our point of departure for Germany.

I was relieved the reporters didn't ask me about my mother.

Elvis, did the other soldiers

give you a rough time because you're famous?

No, sir. I was very surprised.

I've never met a better group of boys in my life.

They probably would have

if it had been like everybody thought.

I mean, everybody thought I wouldn't have to work

and I would be given special treatment

and this and that.

But when they looked around and saw I was on KP,

I was pulling guard and everything like they were,

well, they figured, "well, he's just like us".

Elvis, what do you think about going to Germany?

Well, sir, I'm kind of looking forward to it.

I mean, just before I came in the army,

we were planning a tour of Europe,

and I got quite a bit of mail from over there and everything,

and I'm kind of looking forward to it, really.

Arriving in Germany was something else.

I'd never been out of the states before,

except for one weekend when I played in Canada.

It was some kind of surprise,

the welcome the German fans gave me.

I just couldn't believe it.

It was as wild as anything back home.

I was stationed with the third armored division

about 30 miles from Frankfurt.

Colonel and I decided

I was in the service to be a solder, not a singer.

But a lot of officers pressured me to perform at army bases.

I never did.

Sometimes we'd go out on tank maneuvers,

and it would get so cold at night,

we'd have to pop bennies to stay awake.

If you fell asleep on watch, you could get frostbite.

I rented a home in Bad Nauheim, a town near the base,

and I sent for my daddy and grandma

to come over and live with me.

Well, happy birthday, son.

I was in Germany a total of 15 months.

On my 25th birthday, just before heading home,

we had a small party.

While over there, I met a young girl, Priscilla Beaulieu,

whose father was a Colonel in the air force.

She was only 14, but she made a strong impression on me.

I met Elvis about six weeks

before his tour of duty was completed.

A friend of mine who knew him

asked me if I wanted to meet him.

What girl wouldn't?

Elvis was real friendly, but it was all over so soon.

As I waved goodbye,

I wondered if I'd ever see him again.

After landing on the east coast,

we traveled cross country by train.

I'd been thinking about this day for almost two years.

Now it was finally here.

It felt great to be back home in Memphis.

Colonel Parker organized a homecoming.

He was back at work

before I could even get out of my uniform.

People usually forget you

when you're out of the public eye,

but the Colonel felt we'd be able to rebuild my career.

I kept hoping he was right.

Coming home to Graceland was kind of strange.

It felt great to be home and all,

but it was a lot different without my mother there.

Being home just didn't feel like it used to,

and it was hard not to show it.

Before I even had a chance to unwind,

I had to give a press conference.

Elvis, there have been a lot of rumors about your love life.

Did you meet anyone special in Germany?

Not any special one, no.

There was a little girl

that I was seeing quite often over there.

Her father was in the air force,

and, actually, they only got over there

about two months before I left.

I was seeing her, and she was at the airport when I left.

And there were some pictures made of her.

But it was no big romance.

I mean, the stories came out,

"the girl he left behind," and all that.

It wasn't like that.

I mean...

I have to be careful

when I answer a question like that.

Elvis, did you like the food over there...

When you would go out?

I never went out.

You never ate out at the restaurants?

I never ate in a restaurant the entire time I was there.

It's funny. I either ate in the mess hall or at home.

One of the two.

In fact, I never went anywhere

while I was in Europe, except to Paris.

I went to Paris on a leave, and that was all.

Can you give us any details

on some of your future plans?

Well, the first thing I have to do

is to cut some records.

And then after that,

I have a television show with Frank Sinatra.

Then it was off to Miami to tape the show.

It's funny, I was a lot more nervous about performing again

than I thought I'd be.

Here's the star of our show, Elvis Presley!

It's very nice to go traveling

but it's so, so nice to come home

he's here in person

I may pass out

where the heck are his sideburns?

Well I'll be a Hound Dog

and that's the opening, friends

Alright, I'll tell you what we do.

We'll do, uh... You do witchcraft, okay?

Then I'll do one of the other ones, okay?

We work in the same way, only in different areas.

Love me tender love me sweet

Never let me go

You have made my life complete

And I love you so

Those fingers in my hair

That sly, come-hither stare

That strips my conscience bare

It's witchcraft

Love Me Tender love me true

All my dreams fulfill

For my darling I love you

And I always will

It's such an ancient pitch

One I wouldn't switch

'Cause there's no nicer witch than witchcraft

I love you and I always will

For my darling, I love you

Man, that's pretty.

And I always will

After he left Germany,

Elvis and I stayed in touch.

He must have run up some incredible phone bills.

When I was 16,

Elvis thought it would be great if I came to live at Graceland.

He called my parents and assured them

that I would attend a good private school

as well as study modeling and ballet.

My father approved when it was decided

that Mr. Presley and his new wife, Dee,

would be my guardians.

Elvis never lived a normal life.

He couldn't even go to the movies like most people.

Elvis would have to rent the Memphian Theater

after midnight when it was closed.

Fans would somehow always find out about it and show up.

Elvis had a thing about Cadillacs.

Over the years,

he bought more than 100 cars for friends.

I remember, in one day, he bought seven of them.

He just loved seeing

the expressions on people's faces

when he'd give them gifts.

Elvis was the most comfortable at home.

I'd have to say the best times we had

were when we were totally alone.

We always had so much fun at Christmas.

Elvis would have goldsmith's department store

open up after hours, and we'd go crazy buying gifts

for all our friends and relatives.

Christmas was always so important to Elvis.

Those were wonderful times we spent together,

but most of the year, Elvis was away making movies,

and it would get awfully lonely in Memphis without him.

For the next few years,

I made about three pictures a year.

By the end of the '60s, I had racked up 31 films in all.

At first, we worked in Hollywood.

Then we started going to locations

like the Seattle world's fair.

I always took my guys along,

and most of them had small parts in the pictures.

Elvis, smile for me!

After a while, the movies I was making became so similar,

it was hard to tell one script from the next.

We'd always be kidding around on the set,

and Colonel Parker was up to his old pranks again.

He gave me am award for all my challenging roles...

A ham.

Too much monkey business

Too much monkey business

Too much monkey business for me to be involved in

Uh-Huh-Huh

Blond hair, good-Lookin' tryin' to get me hooked

Want me to marry settle down

And get a home and write a book

Too much monkey business

Too much monkey business

Too much monkey business for me to be involved in

Uh-Huh-Huh

Workin' in the filling station

Too many tasks

Wipe the windows, check the tires

Check the oil, dollar gas

Too much monkey business

Too much monkey business

Too much monkey business for me to be involved in

Uh-Huh-Huh

Too much monkey business

Too much monkey business

Too much monkey business

While I was making those silly movies,

the Beatles were conquering America.

Oh, yeah, I tell you something I think you'll understand

One psychiatrist recently said

you're nothing but four Elvis Presleys.

It's not true.

I wanna hold your hand

I wanna hold your hand

I wanna hold your hand

You know, something very nice happened,

and the Beatles got a great kick out of it.

We just received a wire

from Elvis Presley and Colonel Tom Parker

wishing them a tremendous success in our country,

and I think that was very, very nice.

Elvis and I decided to get married on May 1, 1967.

We called our friends and families to Las Vegas for the wedding.

I could hardly believe that I was Mrs. Elvis Presley.

You have made my life complete

And I love you so

Love Me Tender, love me true

All my dreams fulfill

For my darling, I love you

And I always will

My reaction to Elvis' marriage?

Well, it's wonderful.

It's about time he settled down.

I hope he'll be happy, you know,

'cause he deserves it.

Actually, I'm quite relieved.

It's been nothing but Elvis this, Elvis that

between me and my girl.

I'm tired of hearing it, really.

He looks so good.

It's hard to believe he's been single all these years.

That Priscilla must be some kind of special lady.

After the wedding,

we flew to palm Springs for our honeymoon,

where Vernon and his wife, Dee,

joined my parents and our friends.

The celebrations continued back at Graceland.

I got something to tell you

that I think you ought to know

that my eyes are on you, baby

since a long time ago

now I've finally got the nerve

and I'm goin' to make my move

now don't you try to turn me off

'cause this is goin' to be hard to do

I got a thing about you, baby

ain't nothing I can do

I got a thing about you, baby

a thing about Loving You

do-do do do do do do-do

ain't no two ways about it, baby...

Nine months to the day after our wedding,

our daughter, Lisa Marie, was born.

Elvis was totally ecstatic.

He always loved having family around,

and now he was happier than ever.

Know that I can't live without you

I think about you all the time

I got a thing about you, baby

ain't nothing I can do...

Lisa Marie changed his whole life.

Elvis adored her.

This is another convention

of the official Elvis Presley fan club of Great Britain.

The only snag

to cloud this nostalgic jaunt back to the 1950s

is that the object of their affections

won't actually be here in person.

Save me too good to miss

want more of this

the dancing in the aisles

recalls nostalgic memories of the '50s,

when Elvis inspired the youth of the world

with his unique style and smash records.

Will you tell me why you're dressed this way?

Well, rock and roll, wouldn't it? You know.

Elvis first started it. That was the thing.

He brought it in.

I think Elvis is great.

What's so great about him?

Oh, he's marvelous.

There's nobody that can sing like him.

I feel that if more people in the world

would follow Elvis Presley's way of life,

the world would be a much better place.

Middle-aged women are here

to recall their long-lost days as trendy mums,

and Teddy boys of years ago have brought their children

to show them what it was like when dad was a teenage bopper.

But where is this man they've come to worship?

Is he a relic of the '50s?

Will we ever see Elvis in person again?

After a while, I was getting tired of making movies.

The scripts were so bad, I'd actually get physically ill.

I guess I cared too much.

Then we came up with the idea of doing my own TV special.

It had been almost 10 years

since I'd performed in front of an audience.

I started getting excited just going to rehearsals.

It was just the challenge I needed.

The guys closest to me knew what I was going through,

especially Joe Esposito.

He was 33, and his personal life

had changed a lot with the birth of Lisa Marie,

but Elvis wasn't creatively satisfied

with what he was doing.

The special got him all worked up again.

Elvis really wanted to show the public

he was a lot more of an entertainer

than they'd been seeing in his films,

but I knew he also had his doubts.

That's it, man.

Well, see you guys tomorrow.

So long, Elvis.

Whenever.

Welcome to NBC and the "Elvis Presley special".

And here's Elvis Presley.

Thank you very much.

We opened the special

with some of the guys I started with back in '54.

My boy, my boy.

It's been a long time, Jack, I'm telling you.

It's been a while.

A while.

Wait a minute.

There's something wrong with my lip.

You remember that, don't you?

I got news for you, baby. I did 29 pictures like that.

Hey, Elvis, the fingers.

Yeah. That's all I could move in Florida.

Yeah, that's right.

The police filmed a show one time in Florida.

So I couldn't move. I had to stand still.

The only thing I moved was my little finger, like that.

You ain't nothin' but a Hound Dog

cryin' all the time

you know, for the whole show.

So I told them, I said, "well, look, man,

you can do anything you want to do... "

"You can do anything you want to do, baby".

Well, it's one for the money, two for the show,

Three to get ready, now go, cat, go

But don't you step on my blue suede shoes

Well, you can do anything

But get off of my blue suede shoes

You can knock me down and step on my face

Slander my name all over the place

You can do anything that you want to do

But unh-unh, honey, lay off of my shoes

Don't you step on my blue suede shoes

Well, you can do anything

But lay off of my blue suede shoes

You can burn my house, steal my car

Drink my liquor from an old fruit jar

Do anything that you want to do

But unh-unh, honey, lay off of my shoes

And don't you step on my blue suede shoes

Well, you can do anything

But lay off of my blue suede shoes

One time baby, one time!

Well, you can do anything

But lay off of my blue suede shoes

The show ended up

the most watched television program of 1968.

We all felt great about the way it turned out.

After the special, I wanted to keep performing on stage.

I had the itch again.

I was booked into Las Vegas' biggest showroom.

Fans came from as far away as Europe and Japan.

...ready to burn so get those stakes up higher

there's a thousand pretty women waiting out there

the Colonel dressed up the hotel like a carnival.

There were posters, Teddy Bears, and Hound Dogs all over the place.

So viva

Viva Las Vegas

"Here's hoping you have a very successful opening

and that you break both legs".

Signed "Tom Jones".

"Best wishes for a continuing successful Vegas show.

"I hope you get a raise in the next six months.

Joe Esposito".

"Dear Elvis, after 15 years, we have finally learned

to understand what you say on record".

Signed "RCA".

"Dear Elvis, may you have the biggest of them all".

Who signed that?

No, wait a minute, man. I misread it.

"May this be the biggest of them all".

I know it, man. I know it...

"My god, my god, why hast thou forsaken me?"

Signed "The Pope".

What do you mean you can't use them?

I got a telegram from The Pope.

It's a pleasure to be able to see Elvis.

He hasn't been on the stage in 10 years and everyone's waiting.

It's like a championship fight, but I know he's going to be the winner.

As I got ready for the lights to dim,

I couldn't forget when I first played Vegas in '56.

A lot of people thought I'd bombed back then.

It shook me up, alright, but tonight would be a lot different.

We're caught in a trap

I can't walk out

Because I love you too much, baby

Why can't you see

Whoa whoa whoa

What you're doin' to me

When you don't believe a word I'm sayin'?

We can't go on together with suspicious minds

Suspicious minds

And we can't build our dreams with suspicious minds

Why can't you see

Whoa whoa whoa

What you're doin' to me

When you don't believe a word I'm sayin'?

Don't you know I'm caught in a...

I can't walk out

Whoa whoa whoa

Because I love you too much

Caught in a trap

I can't walk out

Whoa whoa whoa

Because I love you too much

Don't you know I'm caught in a...

I can't walk...

How are you?

Like me to sit down?

First of all, I plead innocent of all charges.

Is your wife, Priscilla, with you?

No, she's not.

Why did you start making public appearances again?

I just missed it.

I missed the...

The closeness of an audience, of a live audience.

So just as soon as I got out of the movie contracts,

I started to do live performances again.

Mr. Presley, what is your opinion of war protesters?

And would you today refuse to be drafted?

Honey, I'd just soon

to keep my own personal views about that to myself.

I'm just an entertainer, and... I'd rather not say.

Do you think other entertainers

should also keep their views to themselves?

No.

Are you satisfied with the image you've established?

The image is one thing, and a human being is another.

How close is the image to the man?

It's very hard to live up to an image. I put it that way.

What about your image as a shy, humble country boy?

I don't know what makes them think that. You know, this gold belt...

Starting in 1970, we spent most of our time

touring from one town to the next.

In 7 years, we did 1,094 shows in 130 cities.

I loved being out there again. It was like back in the '50s.

After a while, the pressures of life on the road started getting to me.

Is that when we got caught that night, chief, at the Gator Bowl?

And you guys put me through a window into a paddy wagon

and took me to the hospital.

Did you guys see that rocket this morning?

Did the launch chair go off?

You could see it through the sky when it disconnected up there.

Geege and them saw the explosion. I didn't know.

It's launched right over here.

I had "launch" at 12:30.

I was buried in a beaver.

How was your launch?

Just picture it...

Watch out, Elvis, there's a mike up there.

Oh, you sneaky... I knew they had them.

That's why I didn't want to say "no".

Now you got to do a five-minute monologue over this.

What a friend we have in Jesus

Well, I left my home in Norfolk, Virginia

California on my mind

Straddled that greyhound and rode him into Raleigh

And on across Caroline

Had motor trouble that turned into a struggle

Halfway across Alabam'

Well, the hound broke down and left us all stranded

In downtown Birmingham

I love you, Elvis.

Elvis! Elvis!

You ain't gonna come in?

Take-off time will be at 8:15, fellows.

You know that girl I was with last night?

The dog?

Oh, man. She gave great head.

Hey, Joe, that chick last night gave greatest head...

Remember that dog he was with?

Well, right away I bought me a through train ticket

Right 'cross the Pacific...

I was on that midnight flyer out of Birmingham

And smokin' into New Orleans

Somebody help me get out of Louisiana

Just help me get to Houston Town

There are people there who care a little 'bout me...

One year, I was chosen one of the 10 outstanding young men in America.

It was a real honor for me. I was very moved.

So every dream that I ever dreamed has come true 100 times.

I learned very early in life

that "without a song, the day would never end,

"without a song, a man ain't got a friend,

"without a song, the world would never bend,

without a song".

So I keep singing a song.

As sure as you were born to buy me a silk suit

And puttin' luggage in my hand

And I'm up up high over Albuquerque

On a jet to the promised land

I'm workin' on a T-Bone steak a la carte

Flyin' over to the Golden State

The pilot told us in 13 minutes

He would sit us at the purple gate

The single most exciting concert I ever gave

was an event Colonel Parker set up in Hawaii in 1973.

It was the first worldwide satellite telecast by an entertainer.

It was seen in 36 countries.

Over a billion people were watching.

How was the sound in that building?

Very, very good. Good.

Sounded like it was good.

It really did.

Man, can Hawaii get sticky.

It's a hot time in Florida.

Rainy night in Georgia

If only I could have seen what was happening to me,

I might have done something about it.

My marriage was falling apart.

Priscilla and I were hardly ever together,

and even when we were, things weren't the same.

And one day while I was playing Vegas,

Priscilla came to tell me she wanted a divorce.

At first, I was angry and hurt.

It took a long time for me to accept it,

but losing her really got to me.

After all the years together, we just couldn't make things work out.

Maybe I didn't treat you

Quite as good as I should have

Maybe I didn't love you

Quite as often as I could have

Little things I should have said and done

I just never took the time

You were always on my mind

You were always on my mind

You were always on my mind

Maybe I didn't hold you

All those lonely, lonely times

And I guess I never told you

I'm so happy that you're mine

If I made you feel second best

Girl, I'm so sorry I was blind

But you were always on my mind

You were always on my mind

You were always on my mind

You were always on my mind

How are you?

After Priscilla and I split up, it was a strange time.

I was turning 40,

and the only time I really felt good any more was on stage.

The best thing happening in my life then

was my new girlfriend, Linda Thompson.

I met Elvis at a time when he really needed someone to be with.

Living with him was pretty strange.

I used to say it was a nice, abnormal life we were leading.

We'd sleep during the day, then stay up all night.

Over the 4.5 years we were together,

I could see Elvis was slowly losing some of his passion for life.

One of the only things he enjoyed anymore

was practicing karate was his bodyguards.

Everybody was Kung Fu fighting

Those cats were fast as lightning

In fact it was a little bit frightening

But they fought with expert timing

It's an ancient Chinese art

And everybody knew their part

From a feinting to a slip

And a kicking from the hip

Everybody was Kung Fu fighting

Those cats were fast as lightning

In fact it was a little bit frightening

But they fought with expert timing

There was funky Billy Chen and little Sammy Chong

He said, "here come's the Big Boss

Let's get it on"

He took a bow and make a stand

Started swaying with the hand

A certain motion made me skip

Now we're into a brand new trip

Everybody was Kung Fu fighting

Go

People, people, people

Oh-Oh, Oh-Oh-Oh

Here at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Midtown Memphis,

Elvis Presley has apparently checked into a private suite on the 15th floor.

A sign that Elvis is, in fact, here is the aluminum foil

that covers his windows to deflect the sun.

A spokesman for Baptist Memorial

says Presley has been admitted for exhaustion.

However, private sources tell me

the singer is suffering from glaucoma and stomach problems, including an ulcer.

These problems have apparently led

to Presley's increased dependency on prescribed medication.

A few of Elvis' entourage are with him here,

including his girlfriend, former Miss Tennessee Linda Thompson.

Our cameras spotted Linda in the hospital's gift shop today.

She was wearing a robe that matched the singing idol's.

On the 15th floor,

we managed to catch Elvis and Linda strolling together

at the end of the hallway near his suite,

guarded by an around-the-clock security man.

We asked some local Memphians how they feel

about our most famous citizen's legal and medical problems.

Well, if you don't mind me saying so,

I don't think Elvis has really been happy since he and Priscilla divorced.

He's been working himself way too hard.

All those tours and playing in Vegas so much...

I think it's taken a definite toll on him.

We love him and want to get close to him,

but we can't because of all of his bodyguards.

I think they're the ones that are getting him in trouble with the lawsuits.

They're just bad news.

Sonny or Dave, could one of you tell us why you decided to write

such a sensationalistic book about Elvis?

When we wrote this book,

it was out of bitterness and hurt, to start with.

When we were given three day notice by his father

and a week's pay after 16 years.

We all had families, and he wouldn't talk to us himself.

He flew out of town, and he had his father do it.

Why did Elvis fire you?

It was told to us by his father

that there was a cutback on expenses...

In 1977, I started to feel like things

were slowly getting out of control.

My health was a constant problem.

But what really shook me was a book by three of my bodyguards.

It hurt me a lot that they would attack me in public.

I never thought friends who once were almost family

would turn and try to destroy me.

...that it was because of the lawsuits.

Dave, you seemed to be implying before

that you were writing the book, in part,

to try and get Elvis to change his ways.

You bet.

We wanted to point out to him what he was doing,

not only to himself, but to the people around him.

And we didn't want him to be what he was.

We wanted him to be what we knew he could be and had been.

We were trying to present him with a challenge.

If he saw all these things rolled in front of him

and know that they were true,

I don't know how he might have dismissed them in his mind.

Maybe it will do some good for him,

for the drug culture, for people to realize

no one is out of reach of drugs.

Here is a man that had it in the palm of his hand,

and the drugs took it away from him.

What drugs are we talking about?

Uppers and downers, sleeping pills.

We're talking about things like demerol.

You actually saw him...

Yes.

My cousin Red charged in to stop it one time.

He broke the guy's toe going through the door

and told him he was going to break him up

if he didn't quit getting the stuff to him.

Elvis heard about it, and he called Red and Joe in.

They discussed it for a while,

and then finally he looked at Red and said...

I'll never forget it...

He said, "I need 'em, man. I need it".

We wanted more than anything else

to see him as he was in his prime...

On the stage, just knocking them dead.

If you loved him so much, why couldn't you protect him?

How do you protect a man from himself?

I whispered to Elvis to be careful stepping out to the stage.

He was obviously way overweight,

and despite his age, only 42, we knew he was in bad health.

Through all the years I knew him,

Elvis had taken great care to always look his best in public.

It was tough for him,

but now Elvis accepted his appearance and so did his fans.

In this, one of his last concerts,

just six weeks before his death, he still poured his heart out.

To the end,

Elvis' greatest gift, his incredible voice,

never failed him.

Thank you very much.

Don't let the lights and cameras throw you.

And don't throw the lights and cameras, if you can help it.

But they are hot, I'll tell you for sure.

I'm going to actually play the guitar.

I know three chords, believe it or not.

But I faked them all for a long time.

My kid spent the night, you know.

If you think I'm nervous, you're right.

I'm going to do a song called "Are You Lonesome Tonight?"

And I am, and I was.

Damn... I mean, darn. Excuse me.

Are you lonesome tonight?

Do you miss me tonight?

Are you sorry we drifted apart?

Does your memory stray

To a bright summer day

When I kissed you and called you sweetheart?

Do the chairs in your parlor

Seem empty and bare?

Do you gaze at your doorstep

And picture me there?

Is your heart filled with pain?

Shall I come back again?

Tell me, dear, Are You Lonesome Tonight

Whoo whoo whoo whoo...

I wonder if you're lonesome tonight.

You know, someone said,

"the world's a stage, and each of us play a part".

...plus tax.

You read your lines so cleverly.

You never missed a cue.

Then he came back too. He forgot the words.

They'd been changed, you fool.

You're acting strange. And why, I've never known.

Why I overdid it.

Honey... Who am I talking to?

You lied when you said you loved me.

You... and I had no cause to doubt you.

I'd rather go on hearing your lies

than to go on living without you.

And the stage is bare,

and I'm standing there without any hair.

Uh, no.

If you won't come back to me...

Oh, the heck with it.

Is your heart filled with pain?

Shall I come back again?

Tell me, dear, Are You Lonesome Tonight?

Thank you very much.

Ladies and gentlemen,

I'd like to introduce you to my father.

He's been sick for a while, but he's doing very well.

Would you stand up by me, daddy?

I'd like you to say hello to my girlfriend, ginger.

Sit down, ginger. That's enough for her.

This next song is called "My Way".

And now the end is near

And so I face the final curtain

My friend, I'll say it clear

I'll state my case of which I'm certain

I've lived a life that's full

I've traveled each and every highway

And more much more than this

I did it My Way

Regrets

I've had a few

But then again

Too few to mention

I did

What I had to do

And saw it through

Without exemption

I've planned

Each chartered course

Each careful step

Along the byway

Oh and more, much more than this

I did it My Way

I've loved, I've laughed and cried

I've had my fill, my share of losing

And now as tears subside

I find it all so amusing

To think I did all that

And may I say not in a shy way

Oh, no no, not me

I did it My Way

For what is a man?

What has he got?

If not himself then he has not

To say the words he truly feels

And not the words for one who kneels

The record shows I took the blows

And did it My Way

The record shows I took the blows

And did it

My Way

Ladies and gentlemen, Elvis has left the building.

Oh, I wish I was

In the land of cotton

Old times there are not forgotten

Look away, look away

Look away, Dixieland

Glory, glory, hallelujah

Glory, glory, hallelujah

Take it, baby.

Glory, glory, hallelujah

His truth is marching on

So hush, little baby, don't you cry

You know your daddy is

Bound to die

But all

My trials, Lord

Will soon be over

Glory, glory, hallelujah

His truth is marching on

His truth is marching on

Memories

Pressed between the pages of my mind

Memories

Sweetened through the ages just like wine

Quiet thoughts come floating down

And settle softly to the ground

Like golden Autumn leaves around my feet

I touch them and they burst apart

With sweet memories

Sweet memories

Of holding hands and red bouquets

And twilights trimmed in purple haze

And laughing eyes and simple ways

And quiet nights and gentle days with you

Memories

Pressed between the pages of my mind

Memories

Sweetened through the ages just like wine

Memories

Memories

Of holding hands and red bouquets

And twilights trimmed in purple haze

And laughing eyes and simple ways

And quiet nights and gentle days with you

Memories

Pressed between the pages of my mind

Memories

Sweetened through the ages just like wine

Memories

Memories

Ripped and Corrected by VaVooM