Ode To Three Rock Stars

There once was a crooner with sideburns Whose lips howled and hips churned as he turned His first name was Elvis They called him "The Pelvis" Until the day he flamed out, crashed and burned Jimi Hendrix sure wowed 'em at Woodstock Created a new form of acid-rock He performed Purple Haze In a drug-induced daze Star-Spangled Banner in permanent shock And lest we forget Janis Joplin Whose songs really kept her fans hoppin' She went on a spree With Bobby McGee Then she OD'd, which ended her boppin' These three heroes all met similar fates Thinking themselves immortally great They took liberties With their minds and bodies Canceling their remaining concert dates