Jimmy Buffett - Elvis Imitators (Boats Beaches Bars & Ballads)
By: Steve Goodman, Michael Smith
1981
-- Spoken:
"Thank you very much ladies and gentlemen. I'd like to do this next song especially for you. And for the King."
Well....
I walk up to the mike and and then I shake my hips
I take a deep breath and put a snare on my lips
See me on the street you wouldn't know my name
But imitating Elvis is my claim to fame
So when you put my imitation name in lights
There'll be imitation good rockin' tonight
Cuz I'm an an Elvis imitator and I just can't stop
Imitating Elvis from the bottom to the top
Imitate the way he talked, the way he smiled
I throw away my scarf and make the crowd go wild
This imitation Elvis may not be the King
But baby I'm the next best thing
Singing Viva Las Vegas and the G.I. Blues
Won't you Love Me Tender in my Blue Suede Shoes
Well let me be your teddy bear, if you must
Oh baby Please Surrender, 'cause I need your touch
Well if you feelin' lonely, need a place to dwell
Come on down to imitation heartbreak hotel
Chorus:
We're gonna rock (rock rock rock)
Ooooh we're gonna rock (rock rock rock)
Ooooh we're gonna rock (rock rock rock)
Ooooh we're gonna rock (rock rock rock)
Yeah my gold lamee cape and my sequined suit
Pompadou haircut and my high-heeled boots
Imitating Elvis is the only way
I can make it through my imitation day
I know this rocking music can't be denied
'Cause I was imitating him before he died
Well I'm an an Elvis imitator and I just can't stop
Imitating Elvis from the bottom to the top
I imitate the way he walked, the way he smiled
I throw away my scarf and make the crowd go wild
This imitation Elvis may not be the king
But baby I'm the next best thing
Chorus:
Yeah rock (rock rock rock)
Ooooh we're gonna rock (rock rock rock)
Ooooh we're gonna rock (rock rock rock)
Ooooh we're gonna rock (rock rock rock)
Well baby ... it's the next ... best thing
-- Spoken:
Thank you very much ladies and gentlemen
Viva Las Vegas
Viva Las Vegas
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Lots of ways to look at this video. I think it's a beautiful song. "Some of it magic, some of it tragic". That sums it up for most of us. As far as the sad, homeless guy, remember that this was in Jimmy's early days. I'm sure he didn't have much money back then
Autor: latitudes57
2
In another world, I would have went to Paris. I stayed in Georgia, I kept my babys, I lost my lady. Some of it is magic, some of it is tragic, but I had a great life all the way.
Autor: Cuzindude
3
LOVE this song. Reminds me of my Grandma--a WWII war bride. It speaks to me of a time that's gone, and I don't know that we're better off. Something to be said for trying to go to a place to find the answers to "the questions that bother us so."
Autor: 1908cubbiefan
4
my favorite song
Autor: MrJmccarthy1
5
This is one of my favorite songs in the world, but this video just doesn't capture it. It's a sad song, but beautiful. The important thing is to find the beauty in things and the guy in the song has found it. This video is just a sad homeless guy.
Autor: JerseyGirl2
6
It's not really so sad.. listen again sometime.
Autor: AndrewIWerdna
7
now that my years are passing me bye (66) I find this song a little sader each day. some of them were magic and many more were tragic but I lived a good life anyway. thanks Jimmy.