Paul Simon - Graceland

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Song Lyrics

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
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,
Poorboys 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
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 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

(Pause)

Woah in graceland graceland graceland
i`m going to graceland

Release History

1986

Graceland

1. Graceland (4:48)
2. Crazy Love, Vol. II (4:17)

1983

Graceland / Hearts And Bones

1. Graceland (4:48)
2. Hearts and Bones (5:37)

1995

Graceland & The Rhythm Of The Saints

1. The Boy in the Bubble (3:59)
2. The Obvious Child (4:10)
3. Can't Run But (3:37)
4. Graceland (4:48)
5. I Know What I Know (3:13)
6. The Coast (5:00)
7. Gumboots (2:42)
8. Proof (4:39)
9. Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes (5:34)
10. Further To Fly (5:33)
11. She Moves On (5:02)
12. You Can Call Me Al (4:39)
13. Born At The Right Time (3:48)
14. Under African Skies (3:34)
15. Homeless (3:45)
16. The Cool, Cool River (4:33)
17. Crazy Love, Vol. II (4:17)
18. Spirit Voices (3:54)
19. That Was Your Mother (2:51)
20. The Rhythm of the Saints (4:13)
21. All Around the World Or The Myth of Fingerprints (3:15)

15 May 2000

Greatest Hits - Shining Like A National Guitar

1. Graceland (4:48)
2. You Can Call Me Al (4:39)
3. Mother and Child Reunion (4:00)
4. The Cool, Cool River (4:33)
5. 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover (3:35)
6. The Obvious Child (4:10)
7. The Boy in the Bubble (3:59)
8. Rene and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog After the War (3:44)
9. Late In The Evening (4:02)
10. Bernadette (3:28)
11. Slip Slidin' Away (4:43)
12. Take Me to the Mardi Gras (3:32)
13. Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes (5:34)
14. Still Crazy After All These Years (3:25)
15. Kodachrome (3:32)
16. Loves Me Like a Rock (3:32)
17. Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard (2:47)
18. Hearts and Bones (5:37)
19. Trailways Bus (5:15)

1988

Negotiations And Love Songs (1971-1986)

1. Mother and Child Reunion (4:00)
2. Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard (2:47)
3. Something So Right (4:34)
4. St. Judy's Comet (3:19)
5. Loves Me Like a Rock (3:32)
6. Kodachrome (3:32)
7. Have A Good Time (3:25)
8. 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover (3:35)
9. Still Crazy After All These Years (3:25)
10. Late In The Evening (4:02)
11. Slip Slidin' Away (4:43)
12. Hearts and Bones (5:37)
13. Train in the Distance (5:11)
14. Rene and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog After the War (3:44)
15. Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes (5:34)
16. You Can Call Me Al (4:39)
17. Graceland (4:48)