Story Behind The Song

I was reading Readers Digest, and there was a story about a survey they did in China asking them to name the people that they associated with the West....the top 3 were: Jesus, Nixon and Elvis, in that order.......dropping it in a Rockabilly hook, and her

Song Description

This is a song about a guy sitting in a hotel room lamenting the fact that there's no real hero's left in this world. Upbeat Rockabilly vibe.

Lyrics

Jesus, Nixon and Elvis

Sitting in this hotel room
Watching garbage on the tube
Staring at the mess in front of me

30 years been wanderin? round
Don?t know what I?ve lost
Not sure what I?ve found
Scratching my head at all the crap I?ve seen

We?ve got Jesus
We got Nixon
We got Elvis
And things ain?t really what they seem
Jesus said he?s coming back
And Nixon?s glad he?s gone
And Elvis wants us all to let him be???.

Now people say I?m misdirected
Not focused on the correct perspective
I seem to do whatever turns me on

Well all I say is what example
Can you show that?s a decent sample?
No hero?s for a boy to look upon

Cuz we?ve got Jesus
We got Nixon
We got Elvis
And things ain?t really what they seem
Jesus said he?s coming back
And Nixon?s glad he?s gone
And Elvis wants us all to let him be???.

Now Mama said
?Boy you be good when wanderin round the neighborhood
Cuz folks remember the bad and not the good?
If that?s the case then why?s the face of my plastic Jesus
Not one of disgrace
When I play Elvis tapes
And read my Nixon books?

Cuz we?ve got Jesus
We?ve got Nixon
We?ve got Elvis
And things ain?t really what they seem
Jesus said he?s coming back
And Nixon?s glad he?s gone
And Elvis wants us all to let him be???.

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