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The King


I miss my blue suede shoes All I've got beneath my feet Now is hot sand At Graceland, I was the king Of kings, but here I'm just A fat old man Thirty years and it breaks my heart That I'm jailed Inside this lie This fabled tale has gone too far I'm so lonely I could cry
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