"A TRIBUTE TO ELVIS---HOW GREAT THOU ART"

As I sit here all alone, with the rain pouring down;
I feel a certain emptiness, like music with no sound.
I just can't believe the news I've heard, or even what I've read;
I know it's true, but just can't except, that Elvis "The King", is dead.

When you follow someone's life and career, right from the very start;
A blow like this is a personal one, I feel deep within my heart.
Watching Elvis perform 3 months ago, I never imaged then;
That his singing on the "Spectrum" stage, I'd never be seeing again.

Elvis has been my idol, since I was just thirteen;
And if you've never had an idol, then you can't know what I mean.
The loyalty by countless millions, for more than 20 years;
Has turned into a nightmare, a reality one fears.

A nation stunned, with disbelief trying to understand why;
Why now, why the "King", why-oh-why; did Elvis have to die?
A question that has no answer, it's inevitable as we all know;
But through his music and his fans, his memory will grow.

Elvis was a "Living Legend", unique in every way;
Changing music, styles, times and lives, 
from the '50's; to our present day.
Many will say: "The King is gone", "he died in '77";
But if you close your eyes, and listen hard; 
he's singing in "Rock-n-Roll" Heaven!

 (August 17, 1977)

Please note this was written the
DAY AFTER ELVIS DIED.