i didn t take a suitcase i had to travel light i climbed out my bedroom window it was just about quarter past midnight out on the highway i hitched a ride i was heading west i had to listen to some trucker tell me all about the meaning of life got a ride just outside of memphis i was wild out on the road i saw shanties and shacks and burned out cadillac s and faces that glittered like gold shoulda seen it coming shoulda seen the signs i saw seven horses running i had a front row seat at the end of time i was just fifteen and the world was mine and i watched my dreams come to life on that night i saw elvis in vegas i saw elvis in vegas now since that long lost summer i ain t ever looked back now the lines on my face are looking more like cracks when the dreams all crumble it s time to face the facts i don t care about tomorrow oh there s no looking back  i shoulda seen it coming oh i shoulda seen the signs i saw seven horses running i had a front row seat at the end of time i was just fifteen and the world was mine and i watched my dreams come to life on that night i was standing tall thought i would never die and i watched it all in the white spot light i saw elvis in vegas i saw elvis in vegas i saw elvis in vegas i saw elvis in vegas i shoulda seen it coming oh i shoulda seen the signs i saw seven horses running i had a front row seat at the end of time when the lights went out i heard the young girls scream the sound of my heart beat my heart beat would make the thunder proud well i was just fifteen and the world was mine the wolrd was mine and i watched my dreams come to life on that night well i was standing tall i was standing tall thought i would never die i would never die and i watched it all in the white spot light i saw elvis in vegas i saw elvis in vegas i saw elvis in vegas i saw elvis in vegas i saw elvis in vegas i saw elvis in vegas oh i saw elvis in vegas