" E L V I S "

My daughter can tell you that it was a matter of time before I posted something about Elvis Presley because I was a big fan. I use to have a collection of Elvis albums. He recorded 131 before his death, and I was fortunate enough to own copies of 129 of them. About 10 years ago a Toronado hit the town of Pampa, Texas and my son was storing the albums for me at the business where he worked. Those albums were scattered from Kansas and back to Mexico and I lost them all. I hope you were a fan and you enjoy this tribute:-----THE TIME WAS 1935, THE PLACE WAS TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI---GOD SENT THIS WORLD A BABY BOY WHO WAS BORN IN POVERTY---AND AS A BOY, HE WONDERED WHAT WOULD BE HIS DESTINY---WHAT ROAD WOULD HE TRAVEL, WHAT WOULD BE HIS JOURNEY---HIS LIFE WOULD BE BUSY AND THINGS WOULD HAPPEN THAT EVEN HE COULD'T BELIEVE---HE HAD SO MUCH TO GIVE AND YET VERY LITTLE TO RECEIVE---HE STARTED WITH A WIGGLE AND A SONG, AND SOME PEOPLE JUST COULDN'T UNDERSTAND---BUT YOU AND I NOW KNOW THAT IT WAS ALL IN GODS PLAN---NO SOONER HAD HE STARTED, THAN HE WAS TO LOSE HIS MOST PRECIOUS PRIZE---TRAGEDY STRUCK THIS YOUNG MAN'S LIFE, HIS MOTHER DIED---BY THIS TIME HE HAD THE ' COLONEL ', WHO WAS TO GUIDE HIS EVERY STEP---AND THINGS BEGIN TO HAPPEN THAT NEITHER ONE COULD SEEM TO HELP---HE CAME HOME FROM THE ARMY AND WE SAW HIM ON T.V.---AND BECAUSE OF THAT WIGGLE, THEY WOULDN'T EVEN SHOW HIS KNEES---HIS CAREER GREW AND HE STARTED MAKING MOVIES, AND THIS TOOK HIM FROM US FOR AWHILE---EVEN THOUGH HE DIDN'T LIKE IT, HE STILL GAVE THE WORLD A SMILE---THEN HE CAME BACK TO US IN PERSON BECAUSE TO SING FOR HIS FANS WAS WHAT HE REALLY ENJOYED---AND WHEN HE FELT HE DIDN'T PLEASE US, WITH HIMSELF, HE WAS ANNOYED---WE DEMANDED, YET NOT UNDERSTANDING, THAT HE GAVE TO US HIS ALL--HE TRIED TO DO WHAT WE WANTED FOR THE BIG AND THE SMALL---THE DEMAND FOR HIS RECORDS, OR HAVE A GLIMPSE, OR TO TOUCH HIS HAND---BIT BY BIT THIS TOOK IT'S TOLL, FOR EVEN HE WAS JUST A MAN---OH, YES, HE WAS VERY HAPPY LIVING AND HE WASN'T AFRAID TO DIE---EVEN NOW, THOUGH OUR HEARTS ARE BROKEN, HE WOULD'T WANT US TO CRY---GOD, IN ALL HIS WISDOM, EVEN THOUGH HE LOVED HIM SO---HE KNEW WHAT WAS BEST, WE DON'T UNDERSTAND IT, BUT IT WAS TIME FOR HIM TO GO---LET'S YOU AND I IN OUR MEMORY, NEVER LOSE WHAT HE GAVE---FOR WHILE HE WAS LIVING FOR GOD AND COUNTRY AND YOU AND I, HE WAS A SLAVE---YES, NOW HEAVEN IS BRIGHTER, THOUGH THIS WORLD HAS LOST A LIGHT---TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS, THAT'S WHAT HE WOULD TELL US, YOU MUST CARRY ON THE FIGHT---EVEN HIS DADDY AND LITTLE LISA, THEY MUST ACCEPT WHAT GOD HAS DONE---EVEN THOUGH LIKE OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, VERNON PRESLEY GAVE HIS ONLY SON---NOW THE SHOW IS OVER AND THE CURTAIN HAS COME DOWN---ELVIS HAS LEFT THE BUILDING, BUT HE WILL ALWAYS BE AROUND:-----This probably doesn't mean a whole lot to you if you were not a fan of his, but I was and I'm proud of it.