The movie theatre’s closing down in Memphis  While a blues band’s burning up the stage   across town  The street lamps hang like saviours  from their crosses  While the losers throw their scratch tickets  on the ground    As the moon shines down on  Elvis Presley Boulevard  And the tourists trapped with the cameras  in their hands  Who would have ever realized that such  a short drive could seem so far  When you’re a sucker searching for   the promised land    The casino manager lost the farm in Vegas  Cocaine charges sent from the D.A.  He blamed it on the lack of entertainment  He said he’d never lose his shirt   that way    You can bet your life the most dangerous   drugs are legal  And some doctors will feed you death   straight from their hands  So even if you’re loved by fifty million people  There’s not one of them gonna be there   where you land    Seen a white limousine on Elvis Presley  Boulevard