By: Steve Goodman, Michael Smith 

1981 

-- Spoken: 

"Thank you very much ladies and gentlemen. I'd like to do this next song especially for you. And for the King." 



Well.... 

I walk up to the mike and and then I shake my hips 

I take a deep breath and put a snear on my lips 

See me on the street you wouldn't know my name 

But imitating Elvis is my claim to fame 

So when you put my imitation name in lights 

There'll be imitation good rockin' tonight 



Cuz I'm an an Elvis imitator and I just can't stop 

Imitating Elvis from the bottom to the top 

Imitate the way he talked, the way he smiled 

I throw away my scarf and make the crowd go wild 

This imitation Elvis may not be the King 

But baby I'm the next best thing 



Singing Viva Las Vegas and the G.I. Blues 

Won't you Love Me Tender in my Blue Suede Shoes 

Well let me be your teddy bear, if you must 

Oh baby Please Surrender, 'cause I need your touch 

Well if you feelin' lonely, need a place to dwell 

Come on down to imitation heartbreak hotel 



Chorus: 

We're gonna rock (rock rock rock) 

Ooooh we're gonna rock (rock rock rock) 

Ooooh we're gonna rock (rock rock rock) 

Ooooh we're gonna rock (rock rock rock) 



Yeah my gold lamee cape and my sequined suit 

Pompadou haircut and my high-heeled boots 

Imitating Elvis is the only way 

I can make it through my imitation day 

I know this rocking music can't be denied 

'Cause I was imitating him before he died 



Well I'm an an Elvis imitator and I just can't stop 

Imitating Elvis from the bottom to the top 

I imitate the way he walked, the way he smiled 

I throw away my scarf and make the crowd go wild 

This imitation Elvis may not be the king 

But baby I'm the next best thing 



Chorus: 

Yeah rock (rock rock rock) 

Ooooh we're gonna rock (rock rock rock) 

Ooooh we're gonna rock (rock rock rock) 

Ooooh we're gonna rock (rock rock rock) 



Well baby ... it's the next ... best thing 



-- Spoken: 

Thank you very much ladies and gentlemen 

Viva Las Vegas 

Viva Las Vegas