John and Elvis Are Dead - Remastered 2006

Close friend of mine as a child fell into a slumber
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 No sign of life since '75
 Then one day he just, what do you know
 I guess God just called his number
 He called me up he called me up and said
 I've been awake about a week
 I'm thinking about asking the doctor
 If he could put me back to sleep
 Then he laughed and said
 Hey all the girls they look the same
 Don't they know just what their mothers
 Paid in blood, and tears to change
 But the words that made me cry
 The thing he softly said
 It stayed with me, it keeps messing with my head
 He said, "If Jesus Christ is alive and well
 Then how come John and Elvis are dead?"
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 Youth, beautiful youth
 We walked through the walls until we found the truth
 And said "Change it, it's ugly just change it"
 
 Everyone we used to know
 Must have given up, so long ago
 You can see it, it's written on their faces
 And the inside of their clothes
 But the words that made me cry
 'Cause I knew just what they meant
 He turned to me and said
 "Hey boy, if Jesus Christ is alive and well
 Then how come John and Elvis are dead?"
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 "Tell me if Jesus Christ is alive and well
 Then how come Marvin and Elvis are dead?"
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 I said "If Jesus Christ is going to save us from ourselves
 How come peace, love and Elvis are dead?"