Even the Great Ones Fall - The Elders

It was cotton, rice and rock and roll

Runnin' through his veins

Fifty miles from Memphis

Chasin' that mystery train

Throughout the South and Canada

Livin' fast ‘til the money was gone

Stealin' bread and cigarettes

They just kept crackin' on

Wish he could hear us sing his song

The greatest of them all

Somehow we’ll have to get along

‘Cos even the great ones fall, yeah

Even the great ones fall

When the mystery tramp came callin'

The times they were strange

In that little pink house in the basement

The year that everything changed

From Woodstock to the pool house

He laid that pocket down

From the Great Divide to Atlantic City

From Dixie to Chinatown

Wish he could hear us sing his song

The greatest of them all

Somehow we’ll have to get along

‘Cos even the great ones fall, yeah

Even the great ones fall

I remember the day

They told us he was gone

I prayed someday I could shake his hand

I guess he was ramblin' on

I pulled out all those records

And the tears came with regret

I hope he knew before he went

We will never ever forget