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Long Black Limousine Lyrics
There's a long line of mourners,
Driving down our little street,
Their fancy cars are such a sight to see,
Oh yeah,
They're all rich friends who new you in the scene,
And now they finally brought you,
Brought you home to me.
When you left, you know you told me,
That some day you'd be returning,
In a fancy car,
All the town to see,
Oh yeah,
Well now everyone is watching you,
You finally had your dream ,
Yeah,
Your riding in that long black limosine.
You know the papers told of how you lost your life,
Oh yeah,
The party, the party and the fatal crash that night,
Well the race along the highway,
Oh, the curve you didn't see,
When your riding in that long black limosine.
Through tear filled eyes i watched you pass by,
Oh yeah,
A chauffeur, a chauffeur at the wheel dressed up so fine,
Well I never, I never never never,
Oh my heart, all my dreams,
Yeah they're with you,
In that long black limosine,
Yeah, yeah they're with you in that long black limosine,
Yeah, yeah they're with you in that long black limosine.
Driving down our little street,
Their fancy cars are such a sight to see,
Oh yeah,
They're all rich friends who new you in the scene,
And now they finally brought you,
Brought you home to me.
That some day you'd be returning,
In a fancy car,
All the town to see,
Oh yeah,
Well now everyone is watching you,
You finally had your dream ,
Yeah,
Your riding in that long black limosine.
Oh yeah,
The party, the party and the fatal crash that night,
Well the race along the highway,
Oh, the curve you didn't see,
When your riding in that long black limosine.
Oh yeah,
A chauffeur, a chauffeur at the wheel dressed up so fine,
Well I never, I never never never,
Oh my heart, all my dreams,
Yeah they're with you,
In that long black limosine,
Yeah, yeah they're with you in that long black limosine,
Yeah, yeah they're with you in that long black limosine.
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Great song.
It's about the small town individual who leaves for the big city, and then gets destroyed by the lifestyle they find there.
Greil Marcus wrote that Elvis was singing about himself in this song - whether he knew it at the time or not.
The song is ironic and tragic. The narrator recounts someone close to him (friend, girlfriend; it's unclear) who left the small town they both lived in for the big life in the big city, promising to return someday with many riches, including a big expensive car. But the friend or girlfriend is killed in a car crash ("the papers" reporting about the fatal crash, the race on the highway, the curve they didn't see), and so now, as the narrator tearfully reports, the friend or girlfriend is returning to his/her small hometown in a big expensive car, but not exactly as planned: he/she is dead from the accident, and riding in a coffin in a hearse, the "long black limousine" of the title. The narrator sings that his heart, his dreams, all ride forlorn with the dead friend or girlfriend in that long black limousine.
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