Close friend of mine as a child fell into a slumber
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No sign of life since '75
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Then one day he just, what do you know
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I guess God just called his number
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He called me up he called me up and said
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"I've been awake about a week
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I'm thinking about asking the doctor
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If he could put me back to sleep"
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Then he laughed and said
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"Hey all the girls they look the same"
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Don't they know just what their mothers
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Paid in blood, and tears to change
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But the words that made me cry
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The thing he softly said
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It stayed with me, it keeps messing with my head
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He said, "If Jesus Christ is alive and well
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Then how come John & Elvis are dead?"
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Youth, beautiful youth
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We walked through the walls until we found the truth
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And said "Change it, it's ugly just change it"
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Everyone we used to know
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Must have given up, so long ago
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You can see it, it's written on their faces
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And the inside of their clothes
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But the words that made me cry
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'Cos I knew just what they meant
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He turned to me and said
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"Hey boy, if Jesus Christ is alive and well
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Then how come John & Elvis are dead?"
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"Tell me if Jesus Christ is alive and well
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Then how come Marvin & Elvis are dead?"
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I said "If Jesus Christ is going to save us from ourselves
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How come peace, love and Elvis are dead?"
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John & Elvis Are Dead
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| George Michael |