Richard Thompson From Galway To Graceland lyrics

Oh, she dressed in the dark and she whispered, 'Amen'
She was pretty in 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, oh 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' tattooed on her breast
When they 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

Ah, to be with her sweetheart, oh she'd left everything
From Galway to Graceland to be with the King

Ah, they came in their thousands from the whole human race
To pay their respects at his last resting place
But blindly she knelt there and she told him her dreams
And she thought that he answered or that's how it seems

Then 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 come From Galway to Graceland to be with the King