Lyrics

[Intro] One, two, three [Verse 1] Well, she drew out all her money from the Southern Trust And put her little boy on a Greyhound bus Leaving Memphis with a guitar in his hand On a one-way ticket to the promised land Hey, little girl with the red dress on There's a party tonight down in Memphis town I'll be going down there if you need a ride The man on the radio says Elvis Presley's died [Verse 2] We drove down into Memphis, the sky was hard and black Up over the ridge came a white Cadillac They'd drawn out all his money and they laid him in the back A woman cried from the roadside, "Oh, he's gone, he's gone" They found him slumped up against the drain With a whole lotta troubles running through his veins Bye-bye, Johnny, Johnny, bye-bye You didn't have to die, you didn't have to die