How many songwriters would write such an incredibly clever chorus, then perform it at such breakneck speed you can barely understand it? Most would want to go slow enough to emphasize each syllable, making sure you "get it". (Elvis is confident he can write another one.) The song could only work at this tempo; it has the feeling of urgency suitable to an environment where you have to watch your back, "because there's always another..."
How many songwriters would write such an incredibly clever chorus, then perform it at such breakneck speed you can barely understand it? Most would want to go slow enough to emphasize each syllable, making sure you "get it". (Elvis is confident he can write another one.) The song could only work at this tempo; it has the feeling of urgency suitable to an environment where you have to watch your back, "because there's always another..."