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
Poor boys and pilgrims
with families and we
are going to Graceland
My travelling 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
And she said losing love
is like a window
in your heart
Everybody sees
you're blown apart
everybody sees the
window
I'm going to Graceland
Memphis Tennessee
I'm going to Graceland
Poor boys and pilgrims
with families and we
are going to Graceland
My travelling companions
are ghosts and
empty sockets
and I'm looking at
ghosts and empties
But I've reason to believe
we both will be received
in Graceland
There's a girl
in New York City
who calls herself
the human trampoline
And sometimes when
I'm falling, flying,
tumbling in turmoil
I say whoa so
this is what she means
She means we're
bouncing into Graceland
And she says losing love
is like a window
in your heart
Everybody sees
you're blown apart
everybody sees the
window
Woh in Graceland,
Graceland
I'm going to Graceland
For reasons I
cannot explain
there's some part of me
that wants to see
Graceland
I may be obliged to defend
every love, every end
or maybe there's
no obligations now
Maybe I've a reason
to believe
we all will be received
in Graceland
Woah in Graceland,
Graceland
I'm going to Graceland