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

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 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 is a girl in Austin Texas

And she calls herself the 'human trampoline'

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

I say, "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

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

And I may be obliged to defend every love and every end

Or maybe there's no obligations now

Maybe I've a reason to believe

We all will be received in Graceland

Oh-ooh, Graceland, Graceland

I'm going to Graceland