Graceland
Paul Simon

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 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
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
Who calls herself the human trampoline
And sometimes when I'm falling, flying
Or tumbling in turmoil I say
Oh, 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
And everybody sees you're blown apart
Everybody feels the wind blow

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 advised 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

In Graceland, in Graceland, Graceland
I'm going to Graceland


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  10 Years (Oprah Winfrey Show 10 Year Anniversary T...   50 Ways To Leave Your Lover   7 O'Clock News / Silent Night   7 O'Clock News / Silent Night   A Church Is Burning   A Hazy Shade Of Winter   A Heart In New York   A Most Peculiar Man   A Most Peculiar Man [Take #4]   A Poem On The Underground   A Poem On The Underground Wall   A Simple Desultory Philippic   A simple desultory philippic (or how I was Lyndon ...   A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert ...   Ace In The Hole   Adios Hermanos   All Around The World Or The Myth Of Fingerprints   All Around The World Or The Myth Of Fingerprints (...   All Because Of You (Outtake)   Allergies   America   American Tune   American Tune (Unfinished Demo)   American Tune [Unfinished Demo][#][*]   American Tune [Unfinished Demo][#][*]   Amulet   Angel Clare   Another Galaxy   April Come She Will   April Come She Will [Take #2]   April Comes She Will   Armistice Day   At The Zoo   Baby Driver   Barbriallen   Beautiful   Benedicts   Bernadette   Bleecker Street   Blessed   Blues Run The Game   Bookend   Born At The Right Time   Born At The Right Time (Acoustic Demo)   Born at the Right Time [Original Acoustic Demo][#]...   Born at the Right Time [Original Acoustic Demo][#]...   Born In Puerto Rico   Boy in the Bubble   Bridge Over Troubled Water   Bridge Over Troubled Waters   Bright Eyes   Bye Bye Love   Call Me Al   Can I Forgive Him   Can I Forgive Him [Original Demo]   Can I Forgive Him [Original Demo][#][*]   Can't Run But   Can't Run But   Cars Are Cars   Cecilia   Citizen Of The Planet   Cloudy   Comfort And Joy   Congratulations   Cool Papa Bell   Crazy Love (Demo)   Crazy Love, Vol II   Crazy Love, Vol. 2   Crazy Love, Vol. II   Crazy Love, Vol2   Dangling Conversation   Darlin' Lorraine   Darling Lorraine   Dazzling Blue   Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes   Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes (alternate Vers...   Duncan   Duncan (Demo - 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