Talking To The Ghost Of Elvis

from The In-Between by Dolly Valentine

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My Brother and I walk home from school
He plays his video games
I go into the living room
Turn on the radio

There’s a ghostly apparition in the room
in a white bell bottom suit
singing Blue Moon
He said “It never felt quite right dancing in the spotlight like I did”
I was just a little kid

Talking to the ghost of Elvis
He seems to have a lot to say

I ask, who were you before the world made you this way?
Who were you before the world made you this way?

We walk down to the lakeshore
Stare out across to Canada
Then a black Cadillac rolls up
He said “I think my time is up”

As his rhinestones catch the light, he said
“There’s one more things to say before I drive away -
we’re all connected through time on this yellow brick road of life”
Music never dies

Talking to the ghost of Elvis
He seems to have a lot to say

I ask, who were you before the world made you this way?
Who were you before the world made you this way?

I’ve been dancing with Mozart in the clouds
Sending love down
to the lost souls in Las Vegas
to a tear falling from an eye

Our soul is a desert that slips through the sands of time

Talking to the ghost of Elvis
He seems to have a lot to say

I ask, who were you before the world made you this way?
Who were you before the world made you this way?

Who were you before the world made you this way?

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from The In-Between, released September 15, 2023

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Dolly Valentine

Dolly Valentine is an American singer-songwriter from Cincinnati, Ohio. Her debut album “How To Be Good”, produced by Ryan Hadlock (The Lumineers, Vance Joy) and Sarah Tudzin (Illuminati Hotties) was featured on NPR's "All Songs Considered." Her songwriting illuminates a landscape of bewitching mystery. Her words ride the tides of a changing world with grit, hope, and spiritual resonance. ... more

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