Let’s talk Elvis

Have you ever made the trip to Graceland?

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

Graceland is quite an experience.
Really, really commerical.
You start the trip across the street from Graceland.
Purchasing a ticket you wait for a tour bus to take you over to the King’s house.

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

While you are waiting for the tour bus
You can prowl the gift shop
One thing I found out is that the employees of the gift shop have no sense of humor.
I ask them if they had a memorial coffee cup depicting Lisa Marie’s wedding to Jocko.
Soon after they had asked me to leave the gift shop the tour bus arrived.

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

After a two minute drive
You arrive at Graceland
Departing you are herded
And then told to follow the tour guide
Who leads you into a house
And into the sixties.

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

Graceland is a doorway to 60s kitsch
There is one room with fake zebra skin on the ceiling
The most interesting room was the one were Vernon
Would try to conduct business
While Elvis and the boys took target practice right outside
I pictured old Vernon hunkered under a desk trying to book Elvis in the Flamingo

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

The house tour ends with a visit
To Elvis’ wardrobe
Capes, sequins and even the famous white karate costume
Well, as if that is not enough
And it was
You are lead out-of-doors to a heart shaped pool
And there just beside the apron of the pool deck
Is the King’s grave.

What can I say, Elvis, you done us good.
Rock and Roll lives on.

Huh.

On edit: What about that song of his? "Your Cheating Culture"?

but yea, i drove by it once, never went in... lol

-LK

It's gonna be great!
I'm so happy I just can't wait!
Gonna see the place where Elvis Presley died.

When we get to Graceland,
We'll have to ride a bus.
Better watch our language
Or the guards will beat us up.
Get to make some cheap jokes
And buy cheaper souvenirs.
If this were Disneyworld,
I'd buy a pair of Elvis-ears!
They say it costs eight-fifty
Just to see his house
Where they keep all his records
And his fifteen foot long couch.
Might seem like a ripoff,
But I'm goin' anyway.
We're goin' to Graceland today.

Going to Graceland,
It's gonna be great!
I'm so happy I just can't wait!
Gonna see the bucket that Elvis Presley kicked.

Going to Graceland,
It's gonna be fun.
We'll get to see all Elvis' guns.
Gonna tell us all about his favorite TV shows.

Going to Graceland,
We'll stand in line,
We'll get to have a wild time.
Gonna get to buy Love Me Tender Shampoo.

When my time comes,
That's how I wanna go:
Stoned and fat and wealthy,
And sitting on the bowl.
Lots of people say
That it's sad The King is gone.
Well Elvis might be dead,
But his cash flow lives on.
I'll be so excited
When I see the Jungle Room,
Where Elvis made some records
Including "Moody Blue."
Graceland is callin'
And I just can't stay away,
We're goin' to Graceland today.

Going to Graceland,
We're gonna cut loose.
There's plenty of tours for us to choose.
Gonna act real stupid and try to pick up girls.

Going to Graceland,
We're gonna go wild.
We'll go to his grave and try to smile.
Gonna buy some paintings that Elvis Presley forged.

Going to Graceland
We're goin' to Graceland
We're goin' to Graceland
We're goin' to Graceland!

Going to Graceland,
We're going to Hell.
We're gonna sing "Heartbreak Hotel."
Gonna see the uniform that Elvis Presley wore.

What are we waitin' for?
Let's leave right now.
We're goin' to Graceland,
And I don't care how.
"E Pluribus Elvis!"
That's what I say.
We're goin' to Graceland today.

didn't see Elvis,though:(



Put on my blue suede shoes
And I boarded the plane
Touched down in the land of the
Delta Blues In the middle of the pouring rain
W.C. Handy - won?t you look down over me
Yeah I got a first class ticket
But I'm as blue as a girl can be

Then I'm walking in Memphis
Walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale
Walking in Memphis
But do I really feel the way I feel

Saw the ghost of Elvis
On Union Avenue Followed him up to the gates of Graceland
Then I watched him walk right through
Now security they did not see him
They just hovered
Around his tomb
But there's a pretty little thing
Waiting for the King Down in the Jungle Room

Questions.