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1:54
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1985 (DJRockdoc)
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(Prologue)
This is the city: Memphis, Tennessee.
The year: 1970.
The time: 10:18 pm.
My partner and I had just received a call.
We did, didn't we? (We did what?)
We did get a call. (Yeah, there was a call.)
The time now had gotten up to almost 10:19.
(What about the call?)
It was Jack Anderson, the famous columnist. The news
flash had just come in.
He thought we oughtta know. (Oughtta know what?)
In a White House ceremony, President Richard M. Nixon had deputized Elvis as an Agent-at-large for the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs.
Time: 10:20. (Ten-twenty what?)
A.M.
My partner and I wondered why Jack thought _we_
ought to know.
(The year: 1977. News bulletin: Elvis dies. Suspected cause: drug overdose.)
I can't. (You can't what?)
I can't swallow that. (How could that be? Probably media hype, huh?)
Yeah. Just doesn't sound right to me.
My partner and I were detectives.
We should be able to put two and two together.
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Who's that comin' through the park
Dressed in rhinestones after dark?
Lookin' way too fat to be a cop
Keepin' Memphis clean
From his long black limousine
Fightin' crime with fast karate chops
Oh, now Elvis was a narc
In rhinestones after dark
He did his best to keep Memphis drug-free
He knew every pill he'd eat
Would be one less on the street
Elvis took 'em all for you and me
Now I still can't believe
That The King would have OD'd
He couldn't have done the drugs they say he did
And even though he's DOA
I still hear people say
That he's got 'em all out at Graceland, somewhere hid
Oh-whoa-whoa
Elvis was a narc
In rhinestones after dark
He did his best to keep Memphis drug-free
He knew every pill he'd eat
Would be one less on the street
Elvis took 'em all for you and me
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Current Rating
10.0
(3 votes)
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| Played on 36 shows: |
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| 08-07-17, #OTR-3-32 | | 08-11-03, #XM-12 |
| 08-05-17, #AOTA-170805 | | 08-11-03, #ISGD-03-31 |
| 08-02-17, #ISGD-17-32 | | 01-27-03, #ISGD-03-03 |
| 06-06-15, #15-23 | | 08-11-02, #02-32 |
| 08-02-14, #AOTA-140802 | | 01-13-02, #02-02 |
| 08-02-14, #14-31 | | 09-30-01, #01-39 |
| 06-10-14, #BWR-14-06-10 | | 04-04-99, #99-14 |
| 04-05-14, #ISGD-14-20 | | 08-10-97, #97-32 |
| 09-30-13, #MMS-173 | | 09-24-95, #95-39 |
| 08-15-13, #ISGD-13-33 | | 08-13-95, #95-33 |
| 01-19-13, #AOTA-130119 | | 08-16-92, #92-33 |
| 08-14-12, #BWR-12-08-14 | | 08-11-91, #91-32 |
| 07-09-11, #11-28 | | 05-06-90, #90-18 |
| 03-09-08, #08-10 | | 08-13-89, #89-33 |
| 01-12-08, #MMCZ_08-02 | | 03-26-89, #89-13 |
| 10-12-07, #MMDT20_07-40 | | 04-24-88, #88-17 |
| 08-12-07, #07-32 | | 07-12-87, #87-28 |
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