Skyscrapers of Memphis

Lyrics

[Intro] A-one two three four Alright, one more time [Verse 1] They say that the dead live forever And round here, well, they probably do If you stand by the gates outside Graceland You can watch all the dead coming through It's Necropolis and you're welcome to it It's an archaeological find They'll be digging up this town forever They'll be digging up this empty mine [Verse 2] Well, the Indians stand on the scaffold They've taken the Egyptians' place The pharaohs and the politicians They're all planning their perfect escape So they build a memorial tower Like the ancient texts said that they would But stories aren't told by the victims And that's why this story's so good [Chorus] Have you seen the skyscrapers in Memphis? Do you see how they rise like the sun? And the statues they look just like spacemen Staring down at everyone And there's art by the yard in the hallways And our houses are made out of slime But the skyscrapers almost touch heaven Did we escape from the mud this time? Did we escape from the mud this time? [Verse 3] One last look round the museum The one where the bullets still fly But don't blink if you wish to see them Puncture the mummy's one good eye As the lift hits the five figure numbers The relics of ages long gone The tomb of the unknown protest singer The computer of King Tutankhamun [Chorus] Have you seen the skyscrapers in Memphis? Do you see how they rise like the sun? And the statues they look just like spacemen Staring down on everyone And the cave drawings look like graffiti And all the tags they're written in rhyme But the skyscrapers almost touch heaven Did we escape from the mud this time? Do we escape from the mud? Did we escape from the mud this time? [Verse 4] Look at the bar-chart skyline Look at the graph on the wall But please don't ignore the byline When the headline says "Empire falls" 'Cause the buildings get stranger and taller One day we'll all gonna see that sphinx up on Mars So prepare your most pertinent questions But don't expect any answers [Chorus] 'Cause we saw the skyscrapers in Memphis And we saw how they rose like the sun We saw the statues, they looked just like spacemen As they hung down on everyone There was art by the yard in the hallways And our houses were made out of slime But the skyscrapers almost touch heaven Did we escape from the mud this time? Did we escape from the mud? Did we escape from the mud this time? [Outro] Alright