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From Galway to Graceland Lyrics

Oh she dressed in the dark
And she whispered 'Amen'
She was pretty and pink
Like a young girl again.
Twenty years married and
She never thought twice
She sneaked out the door and
Walked into the night
And silver wings carried her
Over the sea
From the West coast of Ireland
To West Tennessee,
To be with her sweetheart,
She left everything,
From Galway to Graceland
To be with the King.

She was humming "Suspicion",
That's the song she liked best,
She had "Elvis, I Love you"
Tatooed on her breast,
When she landed in Memphis,
Well her heart beat so fast,
She'd dreamed for so long,
Now she'd see him at last.
She was down by his graveside
Day after day, come closing time,
They would pull her away,
To be with her sweetheart,
She left everything,
From Galway to Graceland
To be with the King

Oh they came by the thousands,
From the whole human race,
To pay their respects
At his last resting place,
Oh but blindly she knelt there,
And she told him her dreams,
And she thought that he answered,
Or that's how it seems.
And they dragged her away,
It was handcuffs this time,
She said "My good man, are you
Out of your mind?
Don't you know that we're married,
See, I'm wearing his ring,
From Galway to Graceland
To be with the King;
I've come from Galway to Graceland
to be with the King."
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Cover art for From Galway to Graceland lyrics by Richard Thompson

One of the greatest studies of obsession ever written, and a beautiful song to boot. God knows where this story came to him from, but I'm glad it did. First heard it when I was about 11 or 12 - it haunted me then, and still does today. The meaning is simple - an Irish woman abandons her life and family to make a pilgrimage to the grave of Elvis, believing that she is his wife. But the presentation is superb. A sad, beautiful song of mental illness and misplaced love.

Cover art for From Galway to Graceland lyrics by Richard Thompson

best Richard Thompson song. Hands down.