Graceland - Lyrics

What are the lyrics to this song, one of Paul Simon's greatest hits?

Here's a version covered by Boston's Lonely Heartstring Band, who played it at a folk festival in Auckland in January 2018

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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
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'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	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
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
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	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

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