Hey. Of course I saw him.
No. He wasn’t in no heartbreak hotel, no ghetto.
That cat jailhouse rocks a place right down there in Cranston, man.
A-frame, brick-front, middle-class,
suburban geysers on a never-quite perfect lawn fit for nothin but a hound dog.

Of course you can see him too.
He’s all perched profile styled in blue-suede cool complete with signature lip.
Don’t think twice; it’s alright. That plate glass protects.
But prepare yourself----death has taken a toll on his soul----
Now he’s half a man, totally torso, forever gone those fevered hips.
His genius played out in American kitsch, burnin love doused beneath shaded function.
“So lonesome I could cry,” I hear him click.

Maybe he used to swoon nothin but sexy girls, girls, girls.
Now he croons “I want to be free” to this middle-aged poet all shook up and cruisin home,
this doo wop dinosaur, who still loves him tender,
who slows down tonight to pay homage to a windowed icon,
“’Night Elvis.”

Sure his secret is safe.
After all, who would believe the indignity of the King of Rock and Roll
not in Viva Las Vegas,
not on Blueberry Hill,
but masquerading as a lamp on a blue Tuesday in Everytown USA.

Cruel, baby, cruel.