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Elvis Presley came to me in a dream last night
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Like a sleepy golden eagle on the breeze
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Wearing wings of Spanish leather, he was looking alright
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But his rebel heart lay bleeding on his knees
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He said, "Sherman's wolves howl 'round the gate
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And the sheep have gone astray
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And Priscilla's flown to Paris, now she's lost to me"
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He said, "Throw out the lifeline
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Throw out the lifeline
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'Cause somebody's drifting away."
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Then he took me over cracker malls and chicken shacks
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Where the lost souls prowl the lonesome oceanside
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They were waiting on the shadow of the Merrimack
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Floating brave as Davis sabres on the tide
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But he said, "Dixie slumbers in the cold, cold ground
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And Lincoln moulders in the clay
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And they've got John Wilkes Booth on the radio
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Singing, "Throw out the lifeline
C Am
Throw out the lifeline
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'Cause somebody's drifting away."
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Now the truth is plain and simple, but it flickers on my lips
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Like a moonbeam in a blue Kentucky pool
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'Cause the Union, she's a clever and a worthy ship
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But she's prideful, and she will not bear a fool
Am Em F C
So the fleet sails blind past Beauregard
Am Em D
And the flagship founders in the bay
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While the captain paces on the quarterdeck
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Crying, "Throw out the lifeline
C Am
Throw out the lifeline
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'Cause somebody's drifting away."
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These blue suede shoes were made for someone else's feet
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Me, I grow weary ever walking down that line
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'Cause I never seem to reach the end of Lonely Street
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Even though my heart's been broken for some time
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Oh, if you should meet me on the march
Am Em D
From Appomattox all in grey
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Won't you take this message to the King for me
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Tell him, "Throw out the lifeline
C Am
Throw out the lifeline
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'Cause somebody's drifting away"
Fsus2 Am
Tell him, "Throw out the lifeline
C Am
Throw out the lifeline
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'Cause somebody's drifting away."