chorus:nI’m so glad Vernon Presley’s not my dadnhe’d roll me up take everything I hadnI’m so glad Vernon Presley’s not my dadnI’m glad he’s not my dadnnThe colonel was an ass that much is truenbut he’d look you in the eye when he stole from younVernon was an altogether different guynlook away and watch you diennSo love me tendernlove me truenwatch out Dad I’m gonna lean on younyou ain’t no Vernon that’s plain to seengot yourself a job you ain’t mooching off menn(chorus)nnThey found Elvis in the can he must’ve felt so sadnnot a friend in the world and a whore for a dadntired of being Elvis everything a borenface down on the bathroom floornnI never had muchnbut it’s plain to seenVernon just ain’t the man for menGladys is gonna stompnon his hillbilly assnand cradle her boy in the tall green grassnn(chorus)