Elvis can't rock
Elvis can't roll
Elvis can't rap
He ain't got no soul
Well, Elvis can't dance
Elvis can't dance
Elvis can't dance
Cause he's dead

Saw a kid bust a move
Spinning on his head
Ambulance came and took him away
"D.O.A." they said.

Stopped in at Motown
To visit with Smokey and the girls
Music Fact'ry's been shut down
All they left behind was a pink Cadillac and pearls

Elvis can't rock
Elvis can't roll
Elvis can't rap
He ain't got no soul
Well, Elvis can't dance
Elvis can't dance
Elvis can't dance
Cause he's dead

Joplin's boas have all molted
Cochran's ducktail has drooped
Chuck and his children ain't dancin' no more
Everybody's pooped

Bill Haley say's his alarm is broke
He won't rock around the clock no more
Ritchie Valens and Buddy Holly
Have done walked out the door.

Elvis can't rock
Elvis can't roll
Elvis can't rap
He ain't got no soul
Well, Elvis can't dance
Elvis can't dance
Elvis can't dance
Cause he's dead

The sky is cryin' for Jimi
More tears for Stevie Ray Vaughan
Sure seems like
All the rockers have gone.

Kurt Cobain checked out early
Mike Hutchence was right behind
John Lennon -- he went home
Syd Barrett went out of his mind.

Sure hope there's a pool hall in Heaven
Where all the bands go to play
Gonna listen in on that jam session
When I die some day.

Elvis can't rock
Elvis can't roll
Elvis can't rap
He ain't got no soul
Well, Elvis can't dance
Elvis can't dance
Elvis can't dance
Cause he's dead.

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