Jesus and Elvis Hayes Carll

[Chorus]
Jesus and Elvis
Painted on velvet
Hanging at the bar here every night
It's good to be back again
Oh, me and my old friends
Beneath the neon cross and the string of Christmas lights

[Verse 1]
Lola built this joint in ’67
And her boy went off to fight on Christmas Eve
In a war nobody won
She lost her only son
Now everything he loved is what you see

[Chorus]
Jesus and Elvis
Painted on velvet
Hanging at the bar here every night

[Verse 2]
Lola told him Jesus loves a sinner
And his daddy told him music saved his soul
Between the drunkards and the band
It's a fittin' promised land
For the King of Kings and the king of rock-n-roll