Elvis among the Pharaohs

And there was Elvis - first time on
the Sullivan Show. Little Foo
was baby Fooie - pre-politics.
And it was 1956.

Don't be cruel, the king would sing
to anyone and anything
then innocent in crib or shell
way down inside Heartbreak Hotel.

And now he is a god to some
who take their pilgrimages down
to Memphis. Graves of Pharaohs who
now walk their hound dogs in their blue

suede shoes surround him in the sky,
the land of bye and by and buy.