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Around the time of Clambake

Movie number twenty-five

You and the lyin' Dutchman

Are still in overdrive

You're as strong as when you started

Mississippi in your soul

You can still be Marlon Brando

And the king of rock and roll

It isn't just the records

No, you must have Hollywood

The songs alone are not enough

That much is understood

You'll soon be back in Memphis

And maybe then you'll know what to do

The storylines they're givin' you

Are just not ringin' true

Oh, it's a ways to go

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It's a ways to go

Back to Tupelo

When you're young and beautiful

Your dreams are all ideals

Later on it's not the same, Lord, everything is real

Sixteen hundred miles of highway

Roll back to the truth

And a song to give your mother

In your first recording booth

Around the time of Clambake

That old dream's still rollin' on

Sometimes there'll be the feelin'

Things are goin' wrong

Morning star is fadin', Lord, the Mississippi's cold

And you can still be Marlon Brando

And the king of rock and roll

But it's a ways to go

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It's a ways to go

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