WELL SHE LEFT
ST. LOUIS IN A PONTIAC
TEMPEST
HAD A ROAD MAP OPEN
RED LINE THROUGH
TO MEMPHIS
HE WAS SMOKIN'
DOWN THE HIGHWAY
IN A BLUE CADILLAC
HE SMILED
AS HE PASSED HER
AND SHE SMILED BACK
SO THEY MADE
A LITTLE STOP
AT THE DOVE CAFE'
TO DRINK BLACK COFFEE
WHILE THE
HOURS AWAY
SHE SAID
I'M GONNA SEE ELVIS
MAKE MY DREAMS
COME TRUE HE SAID
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT
THAT'S MY DREAM TOO
THEN THEY STARTED
TALKIN'
'BOUT THE MONEY
THEY'D SAVE
AND THEY RODE
TOGETHER
FOR THE REST OF THE WAY
BUT THEY STOPPED
TO THROW A PENNY
IN A WISHING WELL
THAT SAT OUT
IN THE YARD
OF A LOCAL MOTEL
THEY NEVER MADE IT
TO MEMPHIS
THEY NEVER SAW
THE KING
HE SAW A CHANCE
AT HEAVEN
SHE SAW A
WEDDING RING
THEY GOT AS FAR AS
THE ALTAR
IT WAS A FAST AFFAIR
THEY NEVER MADE IT
TO MEMPHIS
BUT THEY DIDN'T CARE
8 BAR
INSTRUMENTAL
BREAK
WELL THEY COULDN'T
UNDERSTAND
WHERE THE TIME
HAD FLOWN
IT WAS NINETEEN
NINETY
AND THE KIDS
WERE GROWN
ONE DAY SHE ADMITTED
THAT SHE STILL HAD
THE DREAM
OF HEADIN'
DOWN SOUTH TO SEE
THE HOME OF THE KING
SO THEY DROPPED OFF
THE DOG TO THEIR
OLD AUNTIE KATE
AND HEADED DOWN TO
GRACELAND
TWENTY YEARS LATE
UH HUH HUH
WELL AS SOON AS THEY
HIT THAT OPEN ROAD
EVERY TWIST AND TURN
REMINDED THEM
OF LONG AGO
HE WAS THINKIN' ABOUT
THE KISSES
THAT HE USED TO STEAL
IT WAS GETTIN'
REALLY HARD
TO KEEP HIS HANDS
ON THE WHEEL
SHE LOOKED AS GOOD
TO HIM NOW
AS SHE DID BACK THEN
AND THEY WERE
SWEET SIXTEEN
ALL OVER AGAIN
THEY NEVER MADE IT
TO MEMPHIS
THEY NEVER SAW
THE KING
THEY MADE A LITTLE
DETOUR
AT THE DAIRY QUEEN
THEY FOUND A
WISHIN' WELL MOTEL
THEY NEEDED ALL
THEY SHARED
THEY NEVER MADE IT
TO MEMPHIS
BUT THEY DIDN'T CARE
THEY NEVER MADE IT
TO MEMPHIS
BUT THEY DIDN'T CARE