[00:35.73]Close friend of mine as a child
[00:42.51]Fell into a slumber
[00:53.46]No sign of life since seventy-five
[01:00.29]Then one day he just what do you know
[01:06.17]I guess God just called his number
[01:11.80]We called me up he called me up and said
[01:15.14]I've been awake about a week
[01:19.27]I'm thinking about asking the doctor
[01:23.75]If he could put me back to sleep
[01:28.09]Then he laughed and said
[01:30.79]Hey all the girls they look the same
[01:36.47]Don't they know just what their mothers
[01:43.89]Paid in blood and tears to change
[01:48.82]But the words that made me cry
[01:53.67]The thing he softly said
[01:57.91]It stayed with me it keeps messing with my head
[02:03.95]He said If Jesus Christ is alive and well
[02:10.23]Then how come John and Elvis are dead
[02:22.73]Youth beautiful youth
[02:26.81]We walked through the walls until we found the truth
[02:30.59]And said Change it
[02:34.72]It's ugly just change it
[02:41.45]Everyone we used to know
[02:45.34]Must have given up so long ago
[02:49.32]You can see it
[02:52.17]It's written on their faces
[02:55.45]And the inside of their clothes
[03:00.29]But the words that made me cry
[03:04.42]'Cos I knew just what they meant
[03:09.76]He turned to me and said
[03:15.04]Hey boy if Jesus Christ is alive and well
[03:21.07]Then how come John and Elvis are dead
[03:32.73]Tell me if Jesus Christ is alive and well
[03:39.11]Then how come Marvin and Elvis are dead
[03:50.52]I said If Jesus Christ is going to save us from ourselves
[03:56.79]How come peace love and Elvis are dead