Well, you wonder why I always dress in black,
Why you never see bright colors on my back,
And why does my appearance seem to have a somber tone.
Well, there’s a reason for the things that I have on.
I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down,
Livin’ in the hopeless, hungry side of town,
I wear it for the prisoner who has long paid for his crime,
But is there because he’s a victim of the times.
I wear the black for those who never read,
Or listened to the words that Jesus said,
About the road to happiness through love and charity,
Why, you’d think He’s talking straight to you and me.
Below is an excerpt of his initial conversation between Elvis and Sam Phillips’ assistant, Marion Keisker:
“What kind of singer are you?” He responded instantly, “I sing all kinds.” “Who do you sound like?” she persisted. “I don’t sound like nobody,” was his response.
After his demo, she made herself a note: “Good ballad singer, Hold.”
The City of Memphis got a federal grant Tuesday that will help improve the area around Elvis Presley’s Graceland mansion in Whitehaven, one of the city’s top tourist destinations.
More than a million dollars will be used to beautify the Elvis Presley Boulevard Corridor from Shelby Drive to Interstate 55. The funds come from a $975,312 federal grant with a local match of $243,828.
I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our moneyed corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.
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