Elvis Imitators Lyrics

The song Elvis Imitators is performed by Jimmy Buffett in the album named Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads in the year 1992 .



By: steve goodman, michael smith
1981
-- spoken:
"thank you very much ladies and gentlemen. I'd like to do this next song especially for you. and for the king."

Well....
I walk up to the mike and and then I shake my hips
I take a deep breath and put a snare on my lips
See me on the street you wouldn't know my name
But imitating elvis is my claim to fame
So when you put my imitation name in lights
There'll be imitation good rockin' tonight

'cause I'm an an elvis imitator and I just can't stop
Imitating elvis from the bottom to the top
Imitate the way he talked, the way he smiled
I throw away my scarf and make the crowd go wild
This imitation elvis may not be the king
But baby I'm the next best thing

Singing viva las vegas and the g.i. blues
Won't you love me tender in my blue suede shoes
Well let me be your teddy bear, if you must
Oh baby please surrender, 'cause I need your touch
Well if you feelin' lonely, need a place to dwell
Come on down to imitation heartbreak hotel

Chorus:
We're gonna rock (rock rock rock)
Ooooh we're gonna rock (rock rock rock)
Ooooh we're gonna rock (rock rock rock)
Ooooh we're gonna rock (rock rock rock)

Yeah my gold lamee cape and my sequined suit
Pompadou haircut and my high-heeled boots
Imitating elvis is the only way
I can make it through my imitation day
I know this rocking music can't be denied
'cause I was imitating him before he died

Well I'm an an elvis imitator and I just can't stop
Imitating elvis from the bottom to the top
I imitate the way he walked, the way he smiled
I throw away my scarf and make the crowd go wild
This imitation elvis may not be the king
But baby I'm the next best thing

Chorus:
Yeah rock (rock rock rock)
Ooooh we're gonna rock (rock rock rock)
Ooooh we're gonna rock (rock rock rock)
Ooooh we're gonna rock (rock rock rock)

Well baby ... it's the next ... best thing

-- spoken:
Thank you very much ladies and gentlemen
Viva las vegas
Viva las vegas



Jimmy Buffett - Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads

May 1992

  1. Son Of A Son Of A Sailor
  2. Havana Daydreamin'
  3. Mañana
  4. Treat Her Like A Lady
  5. Steamer
  6. Jolly Mon Sing
  7. Nautical Wheelers
  8. Take It Back
  9. On A Slow Boat To China
  10. Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes
  11. Love And Luck
  12. The Captain And The Kid
  13. Trying To Reason With Hurricane Season
  14. Boat Drinks
  15. One Particular Harbour
  16. A Pirate Looks At Forty
  17. Lovely Cruise
  18. Margaritaville
  19. Grapefruit - Juicy Fruit
  20. Ragtop Day
  21. Frank And Lola
  22. Tin Cup Chalice
  23. Knees Of My Heart
  24. Money Back Guarantee
  25. When The Coast Is Clear
  26. Biloxi
  27. Distantly In Love
  28. Coconut Telegraph
  29. Stars On The Water
  30. Who's The Blonde Stranger?
  31. I Have Found Me A Home
  32. Christmas In The Caribbean
  33. Volcano
  34. Brown Eyed Girl
  35. Cheeseburger In Paradise
  36. Fins
  37. The Weather Is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful
  38. Tampico Trauma
  39. Livingston Saturday Night
  40. Cuban Crime Of Passion
  41. First Look
  42. The Wino And I Know
  43. The Great Filling Station Holdup
  44. Why Don't We Get Drunk
  45. Elvis Imitators
  46. Pencil Thin Mustache
  47. Kick It In Second Wind
  48. Desperation Samba (Halloween In Tijuana)
  49. When Salome Plays The Drum
  50. They Don't Dance Like Carmen No More
  51. The Pascagoula Run
  52. Sending The Old Man Home
  53. Domino College
  54. Come Monday
  55. Defying Gravity
  56. Survive
  57. Incommunicado
  58. I Heard I Was In Town
  59. Ballad Of Spider John
  60. Little Miss Magic
  61. If The Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me
  62. African Friend
  63. California Promises
  64. Everlasting Moon
  65. Pre-You
  66. Middle Of The Night
  67. Coast Of Marseilles
  68. Island
  69. He Went To Paris
  70. Stars Fell On Alabama
  71. Changing Channels
  72. Twelve Volt Man

Elvis Imitators