Story Behind the Song
The song "Elvis's TV" takes a tongue-in-cheek poke at one of America's most beloved popular icons, the King himself, and one of his more peculiar habits of pulling out a gun and literally shooting his TV set (rather than merely changing the channel)whenever the TV programming displeased him. A popular song in the band's live set, SPIDERS & SNAKES have recently completed a music video for Elvis's TV which can be viewed by visiting the band's website at www.spidersandsnakes.net..
Lyrics
Well conservatism is your right, it's every mother's dream. Well, she was right in getting laid and getting old and mean. It's everything she's looking for in Elvis's TV
chorus: hey, hey, hey
Gonna blow a ten-amp fuse and watch the world unwind. It's got to be the honest truth, it's on at four and five.By six oclock I know that my thoughts are misconceived, I've got to keep myself in synch with Elvis's TV.
chorus: hey, hey, hey
You can wear your passion like a 14-carat ring, and you can shake your ass and watch the dirty lasses sing. But don't you mix your politics with xanex and champaigne, cause war and peace and liberty don't gell with acid rain.
chorus: hey, hey,hey
Take your clothes off, put them on, cry out and hold your tongue.Share with me your deepest pain, look at the body she's got. And if I had a gun, I swear I'd be just like the King, and blow a hole in reality, like Elvis's TV!
lead solo
chorus out.
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