When they dressed me and they put me on a plane to Memphis, well
~#**************#~
I never got to see Elvis
~#**************#~
I just sweated it out in a hotel room
~#**************#~
But I think the king woulda understood
~#**************#~
Why I never made it to Graceland
~#**************#~
The bathroom tiles were cool against my hand
~#**************#~
I pressed my forehead to the floor and prayed for a trapdoor
~#**************#~
Ive been here many times before
~#**************#~
But Ive never made it to Graceland
~#**************#~
[Chorus]
~#**************#~
And if I make it to the mornin
~#**************#~
I shoulda come with a warnin
~#**************#~
And if I make it to the stage
~#**************#~
Ill show you what it means
~#**************#~
To be saved
~#**************#~
[Verse 2]
~#**************#~
Well, pick me up in New Orleans
~#**************#~
Pinned in a bathroom stall
~#**************#~
Pick me up above my body
~#**************#~
Press my corpse against the wall
~#**************#~
I told the band to leave without me
~#**************#~
Ill get the next flight
~#**************#~
And Ill see you all with Elvis
~#**************#~
If I dont survive the night
~#**************#~
[Chorus]
~#**************#~
If I make it to the mornin
~#**************#~
I shoulda come with a warnin
~#**************#~
And if I make it to the stage
~#**************#~
Ill show you what it means
~#**************#~
To be saved
~#**************#~
[Bridge]
~#**************#~
And after every tour, I swear Ill quit
~#**************#~
Its over, boys, now this is it
~#**************#~
But the call, it always comes
~#**************#~
And the songs like children beggin to be born
~#**************#~
But, oh, I guess I got my wish
~#**************#~
But anything, anything, anything but this
~#**************#~
[Chorus]
~#**************#~
If I make it to the mornin
~#**************#~
I shoulda come with a warnin
~#**************#~
But if I make it to the stage
~#**************#~
Ill show you what it means
~#**************#~
To be saved
~#**************#~
Oh, you know Im still afraid
~#**************#~
Im still crazy and Im still scared
~#**************#~
But if I make it to the stage
~#**************#~
Ill show you what it means
~#**************#~
To be spared
~#**************#~
[Outro]
~#**************#~
To be spared
~#**************#~
To be spared
~#**************#~
To be spared
~#**************#~
To be spared
