Music - Ode To Elvis Poem by Paul Warren

They say Elvis would have been in his 80s today
It's hard to realise when you see the 1950s sway
In 1954 in Sun Studios he recorded along
Some say was the first rock n roll song

Then there was the Army in West Germany
When he lost his mother in a personal agony
But I remember him in late 60s in the white jumpsuits
Super cool singing his music in Las Vegas - what a hoot

And Aloha from Hawaii by satellite around the world
Where each precious moment in his hand we were held
It seemed that he was on top and getting better than ever
Then all at once he died and for us all he was gone forever.

© Paul Warren Poetry