The Milk Carton Kids

Memphis

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There was a dream
I had it too
You could see it coming true
It would travel in the air
You could make it if you dared

And now the sun goes down over Dolly Parton bridge
The one time home and soul takes our country's final breath

I guess it takes
More than a man
More than a dream
For such a fight

Graceland is a ghost town tonight

This ain't a trip with my son
There's no guitar shines in the sun
Those days are gone
Made new ones come
Before it's all just a museum

And now the sun goes down over Dolly Parton bridge
The one time home and soul takes our country's final breath

I guess it takes more than a king
More than a song for such a fight

Graceland is a ghost town tonight

I guess it's been a long decline
God bless the souls that shook up mine

Graceland is a ghost town (x3)
Tonight

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rockisgroovy On Mar 24, 2013

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mytace

2014-09-10 13:01:17

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2014-09-10 13:00:54

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by rockisgroovy

13y ago

"I guess it's been a long decline God bless the souls that shook up mine"

Powerful.

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by bluesthang

12y ago

I hear it it as a lament for the long decline in Memphis' storied place in the field of music. It also works for me as a metaphor for our nation's decline as a place of opportunity ("takes our country's final breath".)

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by mytace

11y ago

Very cool... Like Simon and Garfunkel revisited... Even a shoutout to Paul Simon!

This ain't a trip with my son There's no guitar shines in the sun Those days are gone May new ones come

Paul Simon 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 Poor boys 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

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