"When I was a child, ladies and gentlemen," 
said Elvis at the podium, to a crowd of two thousand
 "I was a dreamer... I read comic books, and I was the hero of the comic book. 
I saw movies, and I was the hero in the movie. 
So every dream that I've dreamed has come true a hundred times... 
I'd like to say that I learned very early in life that without a song the day would never end.  Without a song a man ain't got a friend. 
Without a song the road would never bend. 
Without a song, so I keep singing a song..."