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{{Infobox song | {{Infobox song | ||
| Name = Little Elvis | | Name = Little Elvis | ||
| Cover = Welcome | | Cover = Carnival Art Welcome to Vas Llegas.jpg | ||
| Caption = | |||
| Type = album | | Type = album | ||
| Artist = Carnival Art | | Artist = Carnival Art | ||
| Album = Welcome | | Album = Welcome to Vas Llegas (album) | ||
| Released = | | Released = [[1992]] | ||
| Recorded = | | Recorded = | ||
| Length = 3: | | Length = 3:41 | ||
| Label = Beggars Banquet | | Label = [[Beggars Banquet Records]] | ||
| Writer = | | Writer = [[Michael P. Tak]] | ||
| | | Producer = Nicholas Sansano | ||
| | | Status = Released | ||
| Album type = studio | | Album type = studio | ||
| Previous track = "[[Crepitus]]"<br>(9) | | Previous track = "[[Crepitus]]"<br>(9) | ||
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| Next track = "[[Pill Bugg]]"<br>(11) | | Next track = "[[Pill Bugg]]"<br>(11) | ||
}} | }} | ||
"'''Little Elvis'''" is the tenth track | "'''Little Elvis'''" is the tenth track of [[Carnival Art]]'s third album, ''[[Welcome to Vas Llegas (album)|Welcome to Vas Llegas]]''. | ||
===Appearances=== | |||
*''[[Welcome to Vas Llegas (album)|Welcome to Vas Llegas]]'' (1992) | |||
==Overview== | |||
"Little Elvis" is a very obvious tribute to famous rock and roll singer {{Wiki2|Elvis_Presley|Elvis Presley}}. The song tells the story of a person wishing to become someone like Presley, as is denoted multiple times in the song's lyrics ("Like Presley, I'll be king"). The song makes multiple direct references to Presley, such as the song's title and lyrics referencing him by name, lyrics referring to him as "king" (as he is often nicknamed the "King of Rock and Roll"), and lyrics mentioning {{Wiki2|Graceland|Graceland}}, a mansion in Memphis, Tennessee that was once owned by Presley. | |||
==Personnel== | |||
*[[Michael P. Tak]] (vocals, guitar, writing) | |||
*[[Ed Dobrydnio]] (guitar) | |||
*[[Keith Fallis]] (drums, vocals) | |||
*[[Brian Bell]] (bass) | |||
*Nicholas Sansano (production, recording, mixing) | |||
==Audio== | |||
<youtube>7M2yjzhQS0I</youtube> | |||
==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
[[Image:Vasllegasbooklet12.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Lyrics page featured in the CD booklet of ''''[[Welcome to Vas Llegas (album)|Welcome to Vas Llegas]]''.]] | |||
<poem> | <poem> | ||
Dive in head first and | Dive in head first and breathe | ||
With his one eye, he swims and sees | |||
A light burning for free | |||
That's cool and clean | That's cool and clean | ||
But he | |||
He can | But still, he just can't reach | ||
He can stretch but it's too deep | |||
So rocks himself to sleep | So he rocks himself to sleep | ||
And dreams up dreams again | And dreams up dreams again | ||
Everywhere he goes he sings | Everywhere he goes he sings | ||
Like Presley | "Like Presley, I'll be king" | ||
I'm king | "I'm king" | ||
And stories of love | Well, he lives on velvet songs | ||
And stories of love that's long | |||
Long in heart, not time | |||
And like the sky | And like the sky | ||
So he moves it on again | So he moves it on again | ||
He packed his crown and wiped his chin | He packed his crown and wiped his chin | ||
And left a glass of gin | And left a glass of gin | ||
With a rumor he could fly | With a rumor, he could fly | ||
Everywhere he goes he sings | Everywhere he goes he sings | ||
"Like Presley, I'll be king" | |||
I'm king | "I'm king" | ||
I will find it understand | |||
And I will build | "I will find it, understand" | ||
My own | "And I will build with my own hands" | ||
"My own Graceland" | |||
So he shifts to breakneck speed | So he shifts to breakneck speed | ||
Past the last to take the lead | |||
And finally | And finally could see her bed won't stain | ||
And | So she smiled full and beamed | ||
And said her name was Coochaline | |||
His fire made her steam | His fire made her steam | ||
So they rode like a train | So they rode like a train | ||
Everywhere he goes he sings | |||
I'll be king | Everywhere he goes he sings | ||
I'm king | "Like Presley, I'll be king" | ||
Oh yeah I'm king</poem> | "I'm king" | ||
"Oh yeah, I'm king" | |||
</poem> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*''[[Welcome to Vas Llegas (album)|Welcome to Vas Llegas]]'' | |||
*[[Carnival Art]] | |||
*[[List of Carnival Art songs]] | *[[List of Carnival Art songs]] | ||
[[Category:Carnival Art songs]] | [[Category:Carnival Art songs]] | ||
[[Category:Songs on Welcome to Vas Llegas]] | [[Category:Songs on Welcome to Vas Llegas]] | ||
[[Category:Carnival Art]] | [[Category:Carnival Art]] | ||
[[Category:Carnival Art songs produced by Nicholas Sansano]] | [[Category:Carnival Art songs produced by Nicholas Sansano]] | ||