The Gaslight Anthem - Wherefore Art Thou, Elvis? lyrics

I cut my teeth on the
Stone of a teenage romance
I was the salt of the earth, I was hard
And the last of the independents
And the breath from my chest
I was blowing kerosene
My lips and fingertips were stone
I wore my heart on my jeans
I sang the blues like the dogs
Left too long in the street
I still sing the blues with the dogs

And I got half a mind to let
It all burn up in this fire
That's been burning through my veins since
I first learned to cry
I'd watch this whole night come down
And never miss her again
I never felt right and never fit in
Walking in my own skin
Walking in my own skin



Now I got scars like the number of the stars
My head's full of vipers
I got the dust of the desert in my bones
Coming through the amplifiers
Between the minor chord fall and
The fourth and the fifth
It's a broken Hallelujah and a
Pain in my fist i wash my hands like the man
With the blood on his teeth
Over and over without relief

And I got nothing for you darling
But a story to tell
About the rain on the pavement and
The sound as it fell
I'd watch this whole night come down
And never miss her again
I never felt right and never fit in

Walking in my old man shoes
With my scientist heart
I got a fever and a beaker
And a shot in the dark
I need a Cadillac ride
I need a soft summer night
Say a prayer for my soul, Señorita

Walking in my old man shoes
With my scientist heart
I got a fever and a beaker
And a shot in the dark
I need a Cadillac ride
I need a soft summer night
Say a prayer for my soul, Señorita

Because I've been dying out here in
The cold and the snow
I've got a picture of you, Mama
To remind me of home
On the hood of a Dodge on a Saturday night
Say a prayer for my soul, Señorita