Graceland

*The Mississippi delta aas 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, "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*

Everybody sees you're blown apart

Everybody feels the wind blow

*Ooh*

*Ooh*

*Ooh*

*Ooh*



*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*



*Ooh*

*Ooh*

*Ooh*



*Whoa*

*In Graceland*

*In Graceland*

*In Graceland*

*I'm going to Graceland*