“Graceland Too” finds Bridgers reuniting for a banjo-led country ballad with boygenius bandmates Julien Baker & Lucy Dacus, who sing harmony. In a Stereogum interview, Phoebe said,
I wrote it around them. I was in Nashville writing it and listening to the recording, and Julien lives there. It f...
[Verse 1]
No longer a danger to herself or others
She made up her mind and laced up her shoes
Yelled down the hall, but nobody answered
So she walked outside without an excuse
[Chorus]
She can do anything she wants to
She can do whatever she wants to do
She could go home, but she's not going to
[Verse 2]
So she picks a direction, it's ninety to Memphis
Turns up the music so thoughts don't intrude
Predictably winds up thinking of Elvis
And wonders if he believed songs could come true
[Chorus]
I'm asking for it if they do
Doesn't know what she wants or what she's gonna do
A rebel without a clue
[Post-Chorus]
Ooh-ooh, ooh
[Bridge]
So we spent what was left of our serotonin
To chew on our cheeks and stare at the moon
Said she knows she lived through it to get to this moment
Ate a sleeve of saltines on my floor and I knew then
[Chorus]
I will do anything you want me to
I will do anything for you
I will do anything, I will do anything
Whatever you want me to do, I will do
[Outro]
Whatever she wants
Whatever she wants
Whatever she wants (Whatever you want)
Whatever she wants (Whatever you want)
I will do anything (Whatever you want)
I will do anything (Whatever you want)
Whatever she wants (Whatever you want)
Whatever she wants (Whatever you want)
Graceland Too was written by Christian Lee Hutson & Phoebe Bridgers.
Graceland Too was produced by The Trilemma & Phoebe Bridgers & Ethan Gruska & Tony Berg.
Phoebe Bridgers released Graceland Too on Thu Jun 18 2020.
From a June 12th, 2020 interview with NME , Bridgers said:
‘Graceland Too’ is the closest thing to the folk of the first record, a country-flavoured ballad that Bridgers wrote quickly, reflecting her belief in following your gut. “I took MDMA with some friends,” she begins, “and realised that you k...
I started writing it about an MDMA trip. Or I had a couple lines about that and then it turned into stuff that was going on in my life. Again, caring about someone who hates themselves and is super self-destructive is the hardest thing about being a person, to me. You can’t control people, but it’s...