Like I'm Elvis

I’m in a one light bulb hotel room here in Harlan

Outside I hear the cold Kentucky rain

It’s been a long and lonely road from where I started

Just to see the marquee sign misspell my name

Tonight I played for more empty chairs than people

But back home I know she said her prayers for me

In Tupelo she’s sleeping like an angel

Between me and her is all of Tennessee

But….

She loves me like I’m Elvis

She treats me like I just might be the king

She won’t mind if I’m never famous

She’ll stay up all night just to hear me sing

We may not ever have a mansion in Memphis

But she loves me like I’m Elvis

The owner never paid me what he promised

The only autograph I signed was my bar tab

Last week my van broke down outside of Austin

To get it running cost me every dime I had

She loves me like I’m Elvis

She treats me like I just might be the king

She won’t mind if I’m never famous

She’ll stay up all night just to hear me sing

We may not ever have a mansion in Memphis

But she loves me like I’m Elvis

I may never grace the gates of Graceland

Make the opry stage or silver screen

But as long as I’ve got her by my side

I have everything – I’ll ever need

She loves me like I’m Elvis

She treats me like I just might be the king

She won’t mind if I’m never famous

She’ll stay up all night just to hear me sing

We may not ever have a mansion in Memphis

But she loves me like I’m Elvis