Elvis Ate America Music by U2, Brian Eno, and Howie B Lyrics by Bono Transcribed by Brandon Leniart This is just a funny song, so if you must play it, play around in B flat minor. Elvis... White trash The Memphis flash Didn't smoke hash Would've been a sissy without Johnny Cash Didn't dodge the draft Had his own aircraft Having a laugh On the Lisa Marie in a colour photograph Under the hood With Cadillac blood Darling bud Flowered and returned to the Mississippi mud Ain't gonna rot In a Memphis plot He didn't hear the shot And Dr. King died just across the lot from... Vanilla ice cream Girls of 14 The Memphis spleen Shooting TV's reading Corinthians 13 With GOD on His kness Owned 3 TVs Here come the killer bees Head full of honey, potato chips and cheese The bumper stickers The white kickers The white nigger Ate at king burger and just kept getting bigger Sang to win The battle hymn The battle to be slim Elvis ate America before America ate him Stamps Necromance Fans Psychophants The public enemy Don't mean a shit to Chuck D Changed the center of gravity Made it slippy Hitler Nixon Christ Mishima Markus Jackson The pelvis The psalmist The genius Generous Forgive us Pray for us Aaron Presley Elvis