Well she drew out all her money from the Central Trust
And put her little boy on the Greyhound bus
Leavin' Memphis with a guitar in his hand
On a one-way ticket to the promised land
Now hey little girl with your red dress on
There’s a party tonight down in Memphis town
I’ll be going down there if you need a ride
Come on, come on, let's go tonight
How many have fallen with their dream denied
Now tell me baby are you lonesome tonight
'Cause the man on the radio says Elvis Presley died
Come on, come on, let's go tonight
Down in Dixie tonight the sky is hard and black
Comin' up over the ridge one long white Cadillac
They stand along the roadside waitin' in the heat
Bound together forever in the promise of an endless sleep
Well they found him slumped up against the drain
With a whole lot of nothin' runnin' through his veins
Well bye-bye Johnny, Johnny bye-bye
You didn’t have to die, you didn’t have to die
