That's Why

He was born a man, he died a myth
 The man part left and the rest stayed with
 One part vision one part dream
 Partly mirror and partly screen
 That's why, why they say he never died
 The fat man's gone the thin one stayed
 Still flashy in that gold lame
 Lick his back and press him down
 Mail him to another town
 That's why, why they say he never died
 Things got hot in the styles he mixed
 Did you see him move in '56
 Gun smoke over the Sullivan show
 Shot waist up from Tupelo
 The Colonel's army took the soul
 That went by the name of King Creole
 And he's gone gone gone
 He's left this life, he's left this stage
 He's left the building but not the age
 We asked too much we took his best
 Couldn't let him live, can't let him rest
 That's why, why they say he never died
 It's America's own strange disease
 How we merchandise our tragedies
 If I invoke his name in vain
 Then too I share in all the blame
 For why, why they say he's still alive