Graceland lyrics

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

Down 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 losin' love

Is like a window in your heart

Everybody sees you're blown apart

Everybody feels the wind blow

I'm going to Graceland

In Memphis, Tennessee

I'm going to Graceland

Poorboys and Pilgrims with families

And we are going to Graceland

My traveling companions

Are ghosts and empty sockets

Ghosts and empties

But I've reason to believe

We all will be received

In Graceland

There's a girl in Austin, Texas

And she calls herself the human trampoline

And sometimes when I'm falling, flying

Or tumbling in turmoil I say

This is what she means

She means we're bouncing into Graceland

And I see losin' love

Is like a window in your heart

Everybody sees you're blown apart

Everybody feels the wind blow

And I'm going to Graceland,

In Memphis, Tennessee

I'm going to Graceland

For reasons I cannot explain

Some part of me wants to see Graceland

I may be obliged to defend

Every love, and every ending

Or maybe there's no obligations now

Maybe I've a reason to believe

We all will be received

In Graceland

Whoa-oh-oh-oh, Graceland, Graceland,

I'm going to Graceland