Elvis on Tour is a Golden Globe Award-winning American musical documentary motion picture released by MGM in 1972. It was the thirty-third and final motion picture to star Elvis Presley before his death in 1977.
A follow-up to the 1970 release Elvis: That's the Way it Is, another musical documentary, this film followed Presley as he embarked on a 15-city tour of the United States in April 1972.Elvis on Tour also contains vintage footage of Presley's famous 1956 appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show and pre-tour rehearsal footage. It also includes footage of enthusiastic fan reactions scattered throughout the film.
Also included are portions of a forty-minute interview that Presley gave about his life and career before filming began. Presley's manager, Colonel Tom Parker, was unhappy with the inclusion of a scene which mocked Presley's acting career by showing screen kisses taken from a number of his previous films. According to the producers, it was a tongue-in-cheek dig at the repetitiveness of these films by changing the background "but the plot stays the same".
On tour, lord of the flies
Aw, hey, who cares? What's a guitar?
Watch out for this one
He'll stab you in the back for fun
I'm just playin', I know you, man
Most of the time
Watch out for this one
He'll pump you full of air
For turnin' your head wrong, I wouldn't know
I see through everyone, even my own self now
I wanna write my whole life down
Burn it there to the ground
I wanna sing at, top of my lungs
For fun, screamin' annoyingly
'Cause that's just me bein' me, bein' free
Watch out for this one
He'll pump you full of air
For turnin' your head wrong, I wouldn't know
'Cause I can see through him and them
On tour, lord of the flies, I'm just playin'
I got it made, most of the time
I wanna beat on a drum so hard
'Til it bleeds blood
Pull out the heart