Graceland



    

    The Mississippi Delta was shining

    Like a National guitar

    I am following the river

    Down the highway

    Through the cradle of the civil war



    I'm going to Graceland

    Graceland

    In Memphis Tennessee

    I'm going to Graceland

    Poorboys and Pilgrims with families

    And we are going to Graceland

    My traveling companion is nine years old

    He is the child of my first marriage

    But I've reason to believe

    We both will be received

    In Graceland



    She comes back to tell me she's gone

    As if I didn't know that

    As if I didn't know my own bed

    As if I'd never noticed

    The way she brushed her hair from her forehead

    And she said losing love

    Is like a window in your heart

    Everybody sees you're blown apart

    Everybody sees the wind blow



    I'm going to Graceland

    Memphis Tennessee

    I'm going to Graceland

    Poorboys and Pilgrims with families

    And we are going to Graceland



    And my traveling companions

    Are ghosts and empty sockets

    I'm looking at ghosts and empties

    But I've reason to believe

    We all will be received

    In Graceland



    There is a girl in New York City

    Who calls herself the human trampoline

    And sometimes when I'm falling, flying

    Or tumbling in turmoil I say

    Oh, so this is what she means

    She means we're bouncing into Graceland

    And I see losing love

    Is like a window in your heart

    Everybody sees you're blown apart

    Everybody sees the wind blow



    In Graceland, in Graceland

    I'm going to Graceland

    For reasons I cannot explain

    There's some part of me wants to see

    Graceland

    And I may be obliged to defend

    Every love, every ending

    Or maybe there's no obligations now

    Maybe I've a reason to believe

    We all will be received

    In Graceland