It was a rainy night   The night the king went down   Everybody was crying it seemed   Like sadness had surrounded the town      Me, I went to the liquor store   And I bought a bottle of wine and a bottle of gin   I played his records all night   Drinking with a close, close friend      Now some people say that that ain't right   And some people say nothing at all   But even in the darkest of night   You can always hear the king's call   You can always hear the king's call      Well, they put him away in Memphis   Six feet beneath the clay   Everybody was crying   Everybody said it was a plain gray day      Me I went to the liquor store   And I bought another bottle of wine and another bottle of gin   I played his records all night   And I got drunk all over again      Now some people say that that ain't right   And some people say nothing at all   But even in the darkest of night   You could always hear the king's call   You could always hear the king's call      I wonder if you're lonesome tonight   And I'd rather go on hearing your lies   Than to go on living without you      Now some people say that that ain't right   And some people say nothing at all   But even in the darkest of night   You could always hear the king's call   You could always hear the king's call   You could always hear the king's call      (Now the stage is bare and I'm standing here)   You could always hear the king's call   You could always hear the king's call   (They might as well bring the curtain down)   You could always hear the king's call   You could always hear the king's call      (I cried the night the king died)   You could always hear the king's call   You could always hear the king's call   (You could always hear the king's call)   You could always hear the king's call   ([Incomprehensible])