Once long ago, all the faithful held a show
Down at Elvis Presley Blvd. on Memphis radio
Where the hopeless held a vigil and the nameless played the charts
Where the losers lost their sorrow and the lonely left their hearts
Step on these shoes and I'll see you in hell
Love me so tender I cry
Save me a room in the Heartbreak Hotel
I'm so alone I could die
I took a ride with my baby by my side
Down to Elvis Presly Blvd. where all the faithful cried
And I saw that silent mansion and I knew that I was lost
They were selling plastic souvenirs of Elvis on the cross!
Step on these shoes and I'll see you in hell
Love me so tender I cry
Save me a room in the Heartbreak Hotel
I'm so alone I could die
Drive down that road tonight! Everyone is gone.
Nobody's home but the light's always on...
Man, I was beat! I was driven by the heat
Down to Elvis Presley Blvd., a one-way dead-end street
And I smashed my car to pieces and I said goodbye to youth
I heard all the ugly rumors but I could not face the truth
Save me a room in the Heartbreak Hotel
I'm so alone I could die.
Drive down that road tonight! Everyone is gone.
Nobody's home but the light's always on...
Anyway, it's about someone disappointed at the fanatical soulless worship of his musical hero, compared to the better days while his hero lived.
These lyrics are really wrong. Should be
Once long ago, all the faithful held a show Down at Elvis Presley Blvd. on Memphis radio Where the hopeless held a vigil and the nameless played the charts Where the losers lost their sorrow and the lonely left their hearts
Step on these shoes and I'll see you in hell Love me so tender I cry Save me a room in the Heartbreak Hotel I'm so alone I could die
I took a ride with my baby by my side Down to Elvis Presly Blvd. where all the faithful cried And I saw that silent mansion and I knew that I was lost They were selling plastic souvenirs of Elvis on the cross!
Step on these shoes and I'll see you in hell Love me so tender I cry Save me a room in the Heartbreak Hotel I'm so alone I could die
Drive down that road tonight! Everyone is gone. Nobody's home but the light's always on...
Man, I was beat! I was driven by the heat Down to Elvis Presley Blvd., a one-way dead-end street And I smashed my car to pieces and I said goodbye to youth I heard all the ugly rumors but I could not face the truth
Save me a room in the Heartbreak Hotel I'm so alone I could die.
Drive down that road tonight! Everyone is gone. Nobody's home but the light's always on...
Anyway, it's about someone disappointed at the fanatical soulless worship of his musical hero, compared to the better days while his hero lived.