Larry Norman - Elvis Has Left The Building lyrics

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Lean not on your own understanding, but lay your

Burdens down.

Lean not on the gates of Graceland, that dream's buried

In the ground.

Lean not on any person, but stand up straight and

Strong.

And keep your feet upon the path, discerning right from

Wrong.

They wept when Elvis breathed his last down on the

Bathroom floor,

Year after year they she'd a tear and love him even

More.

They lay their flowers on his grave and suffer at his

Loss.

But those who worship idols don't comprehend the cross.

Elvis, you've left the building, but God is in the

House,

I wonder what you said with your last breath.

Your girlfriend says you cried out, God help me, help

Me God,

When comes the resurrection will you waken from your

Death?

Not worried 'bout your money, not bothered by your

Drugs,

You dressed like Liberace, and your boys they dressed

Like thugs.

I don't care about the women you were an outlaw on the

Run

But at the end were you man enough to repent from all

You'd done?

Elvis, I know where you are, you're sleeping in the

Ground

Will you rise and stand up when the son of man comes

Down

You sang a lot of gospel songs and you knew about the

Light

I hope you reached out at the end and this time held on

Tight.

Elvis, you've left the building, but God is in the

House,

I wonder what you said with your last breath.

Your girlfriend says you cried out, God help me, help

Me God,

When comes the resurrection will you waken from your

Death?

Some sign up at the eleventh hour, some work right from

The start,

God knows how trapped we can become in the darkness of

The heart

That's why he gave us Jesus who died upon that tree

So those of us so snared by sin might someday be set

Free.

Elvis, you've left the building, but God is in the

House,

I wonder what you said with your last breath.

Your girlfriend says you cried out, God help me, help

Me God,

When comes the resurrection will you waken from your

Death?