ARTIST: Paul Simon
TITLE: Graceland
Lyrics and Chords
The Mississippi delta
Was shining like a national guitar
I am following the river
Down the highway through the cradle of the Civil War
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{Refrain}
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
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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
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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
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And she said losing love
Is like a window in your heart
Everybody sees you're blown apart
Everybody sees the wind blow
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{Refrain}
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
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
Whoa-oh-oh-oh, in Graceland, in Graceland, in Graceland
I'm going to Graceland
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