Paul Simon - Graceland (Official Audio) 

*Paul Simon should have received a Nobel Prize for this album!*

The Mississippi delta was shining like a National guitar....what an opening line.

Lisa Marie Presley used to hear this song on her road trips she took to her dad's house which later became her house Graceland. She used to put this song on over and over again even if she was on a plane towards Memphis, Tennessee. RIP Lisa and Elvis.

And she said, "losing love Is like a window in your heart Everybody sees you're blown apart

I have reason to believe we all will be received in Graceland.

Paul Simon completely re-invented himself with Graceland, the album. An artistically brilliant album.

hands down one of the greatest songs of all time

For some reason, little kids in the 80s and early 90s loved this album as much as their parents.

My God, what a fabulous piece of music.

I listened this on loop in 1986 as an 11 year old on my Walkman. I do believe I know every word of every track on the Album. Very happy times indeed 😊

i have a reason to believe we will all be received in GRACELAND....

She said losing love is like a window in your heart, everybody sees you're blown apart... what a fantastic lyricist, he knows how to paint a picture with words

I listen to this song with one reason only: TO RECOVER MY SOUL.

Im South African. The 1st time I heard this song i watching the Oprah show in the mid 2000s and I was like 'okay why is an American white guy singing to South African bassline'. I did some searching and that's how I discovered the great Graceland album. I love it

Not many musicians/artists know how to tell a story like Paul Simon 😢❤❤ one of a kind..., one of the greatest artists ever

Every time I fly international I plug in my earphones and listen to this over and over in its entirety. Other passengers must think I am mad sitting there grooving to what has to be the best music ever.

"She comes back to tell me she's gone..." I can't get over the quality of that one line. It's 8 words, and it says so much! He's surprised, he's hurt, he has to get across how incredulous he is about this, so he phrases it as an irony, as a contradiction, something almost funny. And the way he sings it really conveys what a slope it is: from hope right down to despair. That is a sharp line, like a needle!

One of the most beautiful and, to me, personal songs writen by Simon. It gives me the goosebumps everything i hear it

The brilliance of Paul Simon can never be overstated. Thanks for all of it.

I don’t think Paul Simon gets the respect and honor as a great American singer/songwriter poet. He is an American treasure.

#PAULSIMON #GRACELAND He is a very talented musician. One of modern music most prolific songwriters 😀👍👍👍🎸🥁🪗🎹🎺🎷🎸💚💙🧡❤️💛💜💖

‘Losing love is like a window in your heart, everybody sees you’re blown apart, everybody sees the wind blow’ That’s it, that in a nutshell is the twist of emptiness you feel in your chest when it ends, perfect words to express that feeling

I was flying back home from London, bought this album for my husband in an airport shop. he died 7 years ago, I miss himmore than ever. xxx

Well, here I am again two years later, and I still think, my God, what a fabulous piece of music.

The song refers to Graceland as a place with a geographic location, yet all the other lyrics indicate that Graceland is not a place in physical existence. Instead, it is the desired destination of outcasts, misfits; the downtrodden and brokenhearted; the hope, the immutable faith, that there is a refuge or solace from our obligation to justify ourselves in this free-fall called Life. Graceland...it must exist. It just has to. A place where there is a sense of homecoming, and the bread in the kitchen is always warm and tasty, somehow, as if it were freshly baked.

Regardless of the country, we are all heading to graceland, thank you paul for heading us here with a cheer. We will all meet in graceland

Paul's voice was never better. The album is a masterpiece

He is saying Graceland Memphis Tennessee, taking his 9 year old son on a road trip. Failed relationships and road trips. Some peoples live stop or definitely slow down when there children are born. Add in its also his son so his heir has been established. So his longing to go to Graceland and bond with his son is truly beautiful.

She comes back to tell me she’s gone. As if I didn’t know that, as if I didn’t know my own bed. As if I’d never noticed…the way she brushed her hair from her forehead. ❤

We just went to Graceland today and it was beautiful.

As good as it gets...lyrically, musically, rhythmically...an instant masterpiece. Almost 40years later, and have yet to cease being amazed at its brilliance...

Sometimes when I'm falling, flying, or tumbling in turmoil, I say, whoa, so this is what she means. She means we're bouncing into Graceland.

Beautiful, spiritual, haunting and evocative song. We all want to go to Graceland literally and figuratively. Rest peacefully in Graceland LMP.

This album Is a masterpiece

Listened to this growing up and destroyed my father's vinyln. Years later I bought both of us cd's. Still love the album in 2022.🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

Graceland is one of the finest songs I've ever heard.

Love this: 'I've reason to believe, that we all will be received... in Graceland'

Bakithi Khumalo on that badass fretless bass is what makes this song so great

One of the greatest male vocalists ever

As a person who mostly listens to metal, hard rock, new wave this is possibly one of the greatest album of all time. Thanks mom for having great taste in music

Paul is the intense, emotional, fragile talented man who writes these amazing percussive songs. Art, the confident showman with a beautiful voice. A match made in both heaven and hell.

Legendary Paul Simon!!!No.7 in my Life Top Ten

Amazing ensemble of musicians. I was 16 when this was released, Im finally mature enough to appreciate this song / album.

I've still got the original vinyl, it's a superb example of musical healing.

"Losing love is like a window in your heart" gets me everytime

Wrote the music, wrote the lyrics, played the music, sang the lyrics. In a very real sense the truly great musical talents like Paul Simon ARE music. Their combined influences steered the evolution of music through the decades to bring it to its present state. The likes of Elvis, Michael Jackson, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, Paul McCartney, to mention are some of the other members of that very elite group, I would say.

One of the best songs ever.

Paul Simon in the mid-1980s could have easily packed it in. Great run as Simon and Garfunkel. Great solo career for the decade afterward. But no, he challenged himself, and the result was the stunning Graceland album, his finest. What a treasure!

This album is in my top 5 . I'm 54 now . What an album ♥️

I will always have fond memories of this album. My mother had it on cassette tape and we listened to it so many times in the car. Graceland was the perfect song to bumble along in the car in the countryside, looking out at the world moving by to its beat.

Brings tears to the eyes.....

I was at Graceland in 1967 or so. 7-8yrs old. Drove up the driveway at Graceland with my uncle. We went right up to the front door. I was hoping Elvis was home. He was not. I was so disappointed. I'll always remember that time. Don't know what it is about that place, but I feel home there. Nobody will ever be Elvis, one of a kind, one of an era. I feel like I am transported back in time, to when I was a kid. Go there, you will know what I mean.

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 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 She comes back to tell me she's gone As if I didn't know that As if I didn't know my own bed As if I'd never noticed The way she brushed her hair from her forehead And she said, "losing love Is like a window in your heart Everybody sees you're blown apart Everybody sees the wind blow" I'm going to Graceland Memphis, Tennessee I'm going to Graceland Poor boys and pilgrims with families And we are going to Graceland And my traveling companions Are ghosts and empty sockets I'm looking at ghosts and empties But I've reason to believe We all will be received In Graceland There is a girl in New York City Who calls herself the human trampoline And sometimes when I'm falling, flying Or tumbling in turmoil I say "Whoa, so this is what she means" She means we're bouncing into Graceland And I see losing love Is like a window in your heart Well, everybody sees you're blown apart Everybody feels the wind blow Ooh, ooh, ooh In Graceland, in Graceland I'm going to Graceland For reasons I cannot explain There's some part of me wants to see Graceland And I may be obliged to defend Every love, every ending Or maybe there's no obligations now Maybe I've a reason to believe We all will be received In Graceland Whoa, oh, oh In Graceland, in Graceland, in Graceland I'm going to Graceland

Poetry is lean and true. This is poetry.

I've loved a lot of song but Graceland will stay my first luv I will be in Graceland 1 day When there's a will there's a way❤

one word to describe this song is 'majestic'

Thank You, Paul 💖 This album is a national treasure ⭐️

This album is right up there with Brige over Troubled Water. Brilliant

My late mum use to Love this

One of the most beautiful and lyrical explorations of kind of deep hurt that can only be healed by grace, that is, a force outside of human will. Despite its direct invocation of the Christian notion of grace, this song never explicitly endorses a religious perspective, instead meditating on the ache and desire for forgiveness from mistakes that we never quite shed. "Graceland" takes the cliche of midlife crisis and connects it to both deep spiritual mystery and mundane details. (The line "the way she brushed her hair from her forehead" lands as a keen observation of a longtime companion, and is echoed in Simon's eventual long-term wife's song, "Lost in the Moment"). A true masterpiece of Simon's poetry and musicality.

Best album of the 80s imo

She said losing love is like a window in your heart, everybody sees you're blown apart

Love the backing harmonising vocals of Don and Phil Everly - hopefully re-united and singing together again in the hereafter. RIP Don and Phil, the world of music was changed for the better when you two came along!

'losing love is like a window in your heart' Paul Simon says is special line - for him too

Melody and beat this song is utter perfection 😊

If a RIVER ... has spoken through human beings in the human way.

I’m going to Graceland December 29th and I can’t wait!!!!!

It still has that wonderful African beat!

The Everly Brothers are singing with Paul on this one! Beautiful!

Every now and again a piece of music comes along that truly blows you away, this was such a moment.

It doesn’t get much better than this, a true masterpiece

I wore this tape out in 1988. Best days of my life.

Fantastic! With Love!❤

Syncopation between guitar,bass,percussion.'c'est manifique!

Paul Simon is a legend ladies and gentlemen

My father loves this song, and I grew up with it. In fact, I grew up with a lot of songs about a better place. “Freedom Land”, “Let My People Go”, etc. I think it means something special to minorities. That even though there are places where people hate you, there are gracelands. There are dreams for us, too.

I love "Graceland", always a pleasure.... Même en France!...😉💖

This is the greatest album ever made.

Classic!

The perfect song!

Ray Phiri's guitar skills were magical on Graceland may his soul rest in peace.

One of my all time favourite songs

A true classic. Album, they can't make them like that anymore ❤

Yes, I believe we'll all be received ❤️

Ein unglaublicher Song!!! ❤️❤️🇨🇭

Learning this on bass. Couldn't sleep last night, because I knew I could play this! Getting there!

One of my dad's favorite songs, so many memories of him and I dancing around to this... he's been gone 12 years now but I still listen o this and think of him in Graceland... I freaking love the bassline

This was another one of the songs that was on the heavy rotation of a heartbreak I went through a couple years ago "Losing love is like a window in your heart Everyone sees you're blown apart Everyone watches the wind blow"

One of the best albums ever made!

Paul Simon does a really solid job of balancing folk music and high art at the same time, especially for someone from NY. The sound of the South African musicians he performed with on Graceland are what makes this album magical and really special to me

I can't count the times I played this CD in my car. If there is a fine for singing too loud I would be in trouble. What a masterful piece of work. Paul Simon is a master of composition and music

Just went to Memphis yesterday from an Arkansas vacation, and I listened to this song when I arrived at Memphis.

the national guitars are incredible !!!!!

Great song, Simon is one in a million.

I have reason to believe this is the best rock song ever written.

makes me go back in time and think of people and good times. Love Graceland

God I feel old I remember having this on loop in my car in my 20s I’m now 45 and it hits just as good 😊

Inspite of all the criticism leveled at him, Simon went to South Africa, and there he soaked up the rhythms that took him to a new level.

This song is perfect

This is MASTERFULLY crafted by Paul simon.