2360. From Galway to Graceland (Richard Thompson cover) - CD version

This is a track from my first CD: "AXIS OF EVIL and other True Stories."

It is Richard Thompson's classic song about an Irish fan of Elvis Presley, from his album, "Watching the Dark".

Here is my original upload of the song:    • 96. From Galway to Graceland (Richard...  

Lyrics and chords:
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Oh she dressed in the dark
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And she whispered Amen.
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She was pretty in pink like a young girl again.
A
Twenty years married
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And she never thought twice.
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She sneaked out the door and walked into the night.
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And silver wings carried her over the sea
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From the west coast of Ireland to west Tennessee.
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To be with her sweetheart
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She left everything.
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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 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 haul her away.
To be with her sweetheart
She left everything.
From Galway to Graceland to be with the King.

Oh, they came in their thousands
From the whole human race
To pay their respects at his last resting place.
Ah, 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.
I've come from Galway to Graceland to be with the King.
From Galway to Graceland to be with the King."


You can see a playlist of my Irish songs here:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list...

Lyrics and chords of many of my songs are no longer available, as my website has expired. I am currently posting lyrics to the information panels on all my videos and those that are too long to post in full will be found on my new website: https://raymondsfolkpage.wordpress.com