I miss Elvis. The way he wraps his voice around me. I used to feel that in a particular way. And sometimes I still do. But I used to feel it all the time. And I miss that. And unfortunately I don’t think it’ll come back if I simply listen to his music all the time.
But there’s this one song… One song that will be with me forever. Well apart from other songs I sometimes hear in the morning, just when I wake up, according to what feeling I have in my heart and what thoughts I got in my mind at that time.
So this one song… I’ve mentioned it before… It’s “Your love’s been a long time coming”.
It’s so warm. Whenever I listen to it, it just wraps me up in his manly voice. Like a gorgeous shadow from the past. Yet it’s always so present.
Shadows of warm mornings spent in bed. Of beautiful hugs. A feeling of goodness… A sweetness that embraces you. A love that’s been looking for you and only you for a very long time. A nest that’s been waiting for you, regardless of how good or bad you were until then.
And Elvis insists on it. Baby your love… Baby your love… Baby… I said baby…
I could listen to this song forever, and never need something else.
Baby your love… Got a hold on me. Me… On me. 
Such perfection in just a song. One song. The song of my life. When I was asked to pick my favourite song out of Elvis’ repertoire, I said that’s not possible. So many jewels. How could I pick just one? But this one is it.
I hear the words as they are, and they do mean a lot to me, but it’s so much more than that. I just… Just… I get wrapped in his voice and the feeling that he so well put in so many of his songs. You can feel the warmth in his voice. The morning. The sweetness. The hug. I will never ever forget them. With all of my heart, for ever.
And I know everything’s relative. And an emotion can change in a second. But this feeling. This “baby your love” feeling. Whether it’ll ever change or not, it’ll never fail to embrace me.
Actually… Come to think of it, 1969 was an amazing year. No wonder Bryan Adams sang of it. 
Elvis changed his tone. It became even manlier, held more sorrow, more wisdom, more bewildering sweetness. It held the wisdom of the ages. And come to think of it… Two of my favourite snooker players were born in 1969. Stephen Hendry and Joe Swail.
People have been saying my favourite year from Elvis was 1969. But I’m in love with many of the songs he’s been singin’ in 1969 and in the 70’s. Many jewels in that time. Including the one I’ve been speaking of, “your love’s been a long time coming”, and others such as: Heart of Rome, For the good times, Any day now, Only the strong survive, I’ll hold you in my heart, After loving you, True love travels on a gravel road, the gorgeous Sweet Caroline, I’ll be there, This is the story, Stranger in the crowd, And the grass won’t pay no mind, Mary in the morning, The next step is love, Do you know who I am, Just pretend, Welcome to my world, Pieces of my mind, Solitaire, You gave me a mountain, The last farewell, I’ll never know… And so many others…
If I were to pick my top five Elvis songs, although it’s really hard to do… I’d say:
1. Your love’s been a long time coming
2. And the grass won’t pay no mind
3. Heart of Rome
4. Sweet Caroline
5. Welcome to my world
With a special Burning love as no. 6.
I shouldn’t have done that. I always believed it to be inappropriate. Making an Elvis top 5. I loved everything about him. And cared about 90% of his songs. And there are so many I totally love that it seems just wrong to pick just five. I love all of the songs I’ve mentioned up there.
To conclude… The king will always hold a very, very, very, very big and special place in my heart. Thank you for all the kindness, you angel you.
About bloody time you updated, was getting Buble Boring, but now it’s Elvis Exciting.
As to Elvis, he was, is and always will be unique.
Woooo