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 would have understood

Why I never made it to graceland

The bathroom towels were cool against my head

I pressed my forehead to the floor and prayed for a trapdoor

I've been here many times before

But I've never made it to graceland.

And if I make it to the mornin'

I should've come with a warnin'

And if I make it to the stage

I'll show you what it means

To be sad.

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

I'll get the next flight

And I'll see you all with elvis

If I don't survive the night.

If I make it to the mornin'

I should've come with a warnin'

And if I make it to the stage

I'll show you what it means

To be sad.

And if they'd ever tore us where I quit

It's all the boys now, this is it

But the calm, it always comes

In the songs like children

Begging to be born

But, oh, I guess I got my wish

Anything, anything, anything but this.

If I make it to the mornin'

I should've come with a warnin'

But if I make it to the stage

I'll show you what it means

To be sad

Oh, you know I'm still afraid

I'm still crazy and I'm still scared

But if I make it to the stage

I'll show you what it means

To be spared.

To be spared

To be spared

To be spared

To be spared.