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Apr 8, 2003 · [Verse 1] You were a million miles behind And I was crying every time I'd leave you Then I didn't want to see you I still keep my watch two hours behind [Chorus 1] Someone turned the lights out ...
- Elvis Presley
- Graceland Gravesite
- Memphis
- “Don’t Cry Daddy”
- To Whom It May Concern
In her somber ballad, which she co-wrote with Glen Ballard and Clif Magness, “Lights Out” starts at the beginning, specifically the death of her father Elvis Presleyon Aug. 16, 1977. Born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee, Lisa Marie continued to spend time with her father while visiting Graceland, following his divorce from her mother Priscilla in ...
Presley repeats that Memphis is where her family is all buried and gone in the chorus. Presley is referring to Graceland being the burial site of the Presley family, who are interred on the grounds, including her paternal grandparents, Gladys and Vernon, her father, and her son Benjamin Keough, who died at the age of 27 in 2020. In the chorus, Pres...
Throughout the lyrics, the meaning shifts around Lisa Marie’s love-hate relationship with Memphis, but her connection to Graceland since her family is there. Was that bridge I was crossing? Somewhere I stopped walking I guess I fell off on my own I heard all the roads they lead to Memphis Ooh, except for the one I’m stumbling down (down) And I’ll, ...
Prior to the release of To Whom It May Concern, Lisa Marie released a single and video for “Don’t Cry Daddy” in 1997, a posthumous duet with her father marking the 20th anniversary of his death. “Don’t Cry Daddy” was originally written by Mac Davis for Elvis, who recorded and released it in 1969 and peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2005...
Released on April 8, 2003, To Whom It May Concernreached No. 5 on the Billboard 200 chart and was later certified gold. Lisa Marie later released her follow-up, Now What, in 2005 and her third and final album, Storm & Grace, in 2012. Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Wonderwall
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Lights Out (Lisa Marie Presley song) " Lights Out " is a song by American singer-songwriter Lisa Marie Presley. Capitol Records released the song as the lead single from her debut album, To Whom It May Concern (2003). Presley originally did not want to release this song as her debut single nor record it, but she relented as she believed it ...
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Someone turned the lights out there in Memphis That's where my family's buried and gone Last time I was there I noticed a space left Next to them there in Memphis In the damn back lawn Was that a bridge I was crossing Somewhere I stopped walking I guess I fell off on my own I heard all the roads they lead to Memphis Except for the one I'm ...
You were a million miles behind. And I was crying every time I'd leave you. Then I didn't want to see you. I still keep my watch two hours behind. Someone turned the lights out there in Memphis. Ooh, that's where my family's buried and gone (gone) Oh yeah. Last time I was there I noticed a space left. Oh, next to them there in Memphis, yeah.
