Once long ago, all the faithful held a show

Down in Elvis Presley Blvd. on Memphis Radio

Where the hopeless held a vigil and the nameless played the charts

Where the losers lost their sorrow and the lonely left their hearts 



Step on these shoes then I'll see you in hell, “Love me so tender” I cried

Save me a room in the “Heartbreak Hotel”, I'm so alone, I could die



I took a ride with my baby by my side

And the Elvis Presley Blvd. where all the faithful cried

And I saw that silent mansion and I knew that I was lost

They were selling plastic souvenirs of Elvis on the cross



Step on these shoes and I'll see you in hell, “Love me so tender” I cried

Save me a room in the “Heartbreak Hotel”, I'm so alone, I could die



Drive down that road tonight, everyone is gone

Nobody's home but the light's always on



Man I was beat, I was driven by the heat

Down to Elvis Presley Blvd. in a one-way dead end street

And I smashed my car to pieces and I said goodbye to youth

I had all the ugly rumors and I could not face the truth



Save me a room in the “Heartbreak Hotel”, I'm so alone, I could die



Drive down that road tonight, everyone is gone

Nobody's home but the light's always on