Goodbye Graceland

by @williamh

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Liner Notes

Lyrics

There comes a time in everyone’s life   When the curtain must be drawn   And the encore fades to silence   Cause the spotlight has moved on  

Every song has been sung   Every record spun around   Every ear has heard the legend   But the king no longer wears the crown  

His generation’s grown old   His moment’s come and gone   It’s time to put away the blue suede shoes   And stop holding on so long  

Graceland ain’t our home now   The myth can finally breathe   Elvis has left the building And so have we

Let it go, let it go, let it go   It’s the last show   After all these years   Elvis has left the building   Time to dry the tears  

The scarves are on the hanger   The sideburns long retired   The hound dog’s quietly sleeping   The fever’s lost its fire  

It’s been a long time coming   Almost fifty years gone by   We kept the flame still burning   But even flames get tired  

So shed no more tears now   There’s freedom when you leave   Elvis has left the building…   And so have we

Let it go, let it go, let it go   Make it the last show   Almost fifty years   Elvis has left the building   Time to dry the tears   Yeah, Elvis has left the building…   And now it’s time to leave   Goodbye Graceland thanks for the show.

Comments

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I love the vivid imagery! It really honors Elvis with specific details while acknowledging the passage of time. Beautiful!

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