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
Down 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 losin' 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's a girl in Austin, Texas
And she calls herself the human trampoline
And sometimes when I'm falling, flying
Or tumbling in turmoil I say
This is what she means
She means we're bouncing into Graceland

And I see losin' 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
I may be obliged to defend
Every love, and 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, Graceland, Graceland,
I'm going to Graceland