That s Why - John Gorka Kathy Mattea Leo Kottke Michael Manring

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 still alive

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