Jesus and Elvis Painted on velvet Hanging at the bar here every night It's good to be back again Oh, me and my old friends Beneath the neon cross and the string of Christmas lights Lola built this joint in '67 And her boy went off to fight on Christmas Eve In a war nobody won She lost her only son Now everything he loved is what you see Jesus and Elvis Painted on velvet Hanging at the bar here every night Lola told him Jesus loves a sinner And his daddy told him music saved his soul Between the drunkards and the band It's a fittin' promised land For the King of Kings and the king of rock-n-roll Jesus and Elvis Painted on velvet Hanging at the bar here every night It's good to be back again Oh, me and my old friends Beneath the neon cross and the string of Christmas lights It's good to be back again Oh me and my old friends Beneath the neon cross and a string of Christmas lights By and by, Lord, by and by By and by, Lord, by and by So if you need a shot of Dickel or redemption Where the delta meets the Sea of Galilee Get washed in the blood Of the Mississippi mud Come all you non-believers and you'll see