1935 in the town of Tupelo
The thin walls of a shotgun shack
Wasn't much shelter from the cold
Twin boys was born on a winter's day
But one lay still and cold
So they laid him down in the cold ground
To sleep beneath the snow
They
walked the dirt road hand in hand To school and back again
Is he all the childish she'll ever have She's his only friend
And as the darkness falls in the night birds call
They turn on the radio
To sing along till the crack of dawn
Across the tracks of Tupelo
They rode the sky like lightning from Graceland to Hollywood
Sang a song that was pure and strong And gave a light robin hood
As life became a lesson As legend was ceased to grow
While the angels sang on the day he came
To be born in Tupelo