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

Memphis, Tennessee, I'm going to Graceland

Poor boys and pilgrims with families

And we are going to Graceland

My traveling companion is nine years old

He's 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

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

Poor boys 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, calls herself the human trampoline

Sometimes when I'm falling, flying, or tumbling in turmoil

I say, "Whoa, 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

Well, everybody sees you're blown apart

Everybody feels the wind blow

Ooh-ooh, in Graceland, 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

Whoa-oh-oh

In Graceland, in Graceland, in Graceland

I'm going to Graceland