[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