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Another Country Boy by Paul Robert Thomas
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Bigger Than Elvis lyrics
That old Kentucky moon is hounding me bad
That soft Tupelo sun is making me sad
Came rising like a great white wonder
And shook the world with blazing thunder
The brightest star in the sky ceased to shine
Left us stranded in the desert to cry
But when I was young, I had one wish
(I just had one wish, one wish)
I wanted to be bigger than Elvis
Just seems to me that heroes are born to die
Like their destiny’s wrote high above the sky
He carried the world on his shoulders
Now he’s gone the world’s growing colder
Some laughed and said ‘The king died on his throne’
What makes me sad is that he died alone
For when I was young, I had one wish
(I just had one wish, one wish)
I wanted to be bigger than Elvis
That’s oh such-a-hard act to follow you know
It’s a road filled with so much trouble and woe
You’re climbing that steep hill to the top
You just can’t let the wheel ever stop
You forget you’re part of the human race
That town called ‘fame’ is such a lonely place
It’s made so many others fall
Jimmy, Janis, Judy and all
They just couldn’t fit
They took hit after hit
Till they could take no more
Till they left through that door
They just couldn’t play that game
And it’s a crying shame
Such a crying shame
Coz when I was young, I had one wish
(I just had one wish, one wish)
I wanted to be bigger than Elvis
But his memory lives forever with me
Like it’s yesterday in Memphis Tennessee
The flowers bloom and the birds fly high
The air waves play songs from a G.I.
Sent away to foreign and distant shores
We’ll welcome him back with a lions roar
For when I was young, I had one wish
(I just had one wish, one wish)
I wanted to be bigger than Elvis
Paul Robert Thomas
from Another Country Boy, released March 14, 2025
production and lyrics by Paul Robert Thomas
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