Elvis Is Dead

Ozark Henry · This Last Warm Solitude [1999]

an eyeful cruel morning needs some coffee to wake

a shower for the smell

a suit for the face

a ticket to get in

a password to play

a past that is not mine

is making me pay

elvis is dead

whose next?Whose known

to be quite groovy?

to be fat and groovy ?



an eyefyl cruel evening needs a beer can to wake

a car to wheel the night

some money to shake

a ticket to get in

a password to play

a past that's no mine

to compensate



trash gets a life

and pops through my window

there's no sound we dig like noise



if you're sheep ain't white

you better paint them today

so tomorrow can carry whatever you hate

with a ticket to get in

a password to play

a protection softly saying

you'll never be safe



I haven't eaten since you're gone

you should know me

i haven't eaten since

elvis is dead