Grasslands are areas where the vegetation is dominated by grasses (Poaceae) and other herbaceous (non-woody) plants (forbs). However, sedge (Cyperaceae) and rush (Juncaceae) families can also be found. Grasslands occur naturally on all continents except Antarctica. In temperate latitudes, such as northwestern Europe and the Great Plains and California in North America, native grasslands are dominated by perennial bunch grass species, whereas in warmer climates annual species form a greater component of the vegetation.
Grasslands are found in most ecoregions of the Earth. For example there are five terrestrial ecoregion classifications (subdivisions) of the temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome ('ecosystem'), which is one of eight terrestrial ecozones of the Earth's surface.
Grassland vegetation can vary in height from very short, as in chalk where the vegetation may be less than 30 cm (12 in) high, to quite tall, as in the case of North American tallgrass prairie, South American grasslands and African savanna.
The Mississippi Delta was shining like a National guitar
I am following the river down the highway through the cradle of the Civil War
I'm going to Graceland Graceland in Memphis Tennessee I'm going to Graceland
Poorboys and pilgrims with families and we are going to Graceland
My traveling companion is nine years old the child of my first marriage
But I've reason to believe we both will be received in Graceland
She comes back to tell me she's gone
As if I didn't know that as if I didn't know my own bed
As if I'd never noticed she way she brushed her hair from her forehead
And she said losing love is like a window in your heart
Everybody sees you're blown apart everybody feels the wind blow
I'm going to Graceland Graceland in Memphis Tennessee I'm going to Graceland
Poorboys and pilgrims with families and we are going to Graceland
My traveling companions are ghosts and empty sockets ghosts and empties
But I've reason to believe we both will be received in Graceland
There is a girl in Austin Texas and she calls herself the human trampoline
Sometimes when I'm falling flying tumbling in turmoil I say this is what she means
She means we're bouncing into Graceland
And I see losing love ss like a window in your heart
Everybody sees you're blown apart everybody feels the wind blow
And I'm going to Graceland in Memphis Tennessee I'm going to Graceland
For reasons I cannot explain some part of me wants to see Graceland
And I may be obliged to defend every love every ending
Or maybe there's no obligations now
Maybe I've a reason to believe we all will be received in Graceland
Written by John Mellencamp
Hey Hey America
You're some kind of crazy island
You're a place where dreams can grow
And there's history in your mansions
Good fortune in your plantings
You're well respected we all know
Hey Hey America
Let's check your children
And see what they might know
Hey Hey America
With your salesmanship and your salaries
And your strip malls a growin'
And your handguns and your heresies
Don't hold no responsibility
In this land of easy millions
Hey Hey America
It's so thrillin' to see you grow
You're some kind of crazy island
You're some kind of crazy island
Well I prefer a sunny day
I just thought maybe I'd live a little bit longer that way
I don't think we should look the same
Or talk the same
Yeah I think it's a shame
And Hey Hey America
Across the new horizon
Are you sure that's the way we should go
'Cause I don't know
Maybe it's too late for all that
And Hey Hey America
You're wrapped up in your red, white and blue
Hey Hey America
Wrapped up in yourself and your red, white and blue
Hey Hey America
You're some kind of crazy island
You're some kind of crazy island
Hey Hey America
You're some kind of crazy island
You're a place where dreams can grow
And there's history in your mansions
Hey Hey America
You're some kind of crazy island
Some kind of crazy island
The mississippi delta was shining
Like a national guitar
I am following the river
Down the highway
Through the cradle of the civil war
I'm going to graceland
Graceland
In memphis tennessee
I'm going to graceland
Poorboys and pilgrims with families
And we are going to graceland
My traveling companion is nine years old
He is the child of my first marriage
But I've reason to believe
We both will be received
In graceland
She comes back to tell me she's gone
As if I didn't know that
As if I didn't know my own bed
As if I'd never noticed
The way she brushed her hair from her forehead
And she said losing love
Is like a window in your heart
Everybody sees you're blown apart
Everybody sees the wind blow
I'm going to graceland
Memphis tennessee
I'm going to graceland
Poorboys and pilgrims with families
And we are going to graceland
And my traveling companions
Are ghosts and empty sockets
I'm looking at ghosts and empties
But I've reason to believe
We all will be received
In graceland
There is a girl in new york city
Who calls herself the human trampoline
And sometimes when I'm falling, flying
Or tumbling in turmoil I say
Oh, so this is what she means
She means we're bouncing into graceland
And I see losing love
Is like a window in your heart
Everybody sees you're blown apart
Everybody sees the wind blow
In graceland, in graceland
I'm going to graceland
For reasons I cannot explain
There's some part of me wants to see
Graceland
And I may be obliged to defend
Every love, every ending
Or maybe there's no obligations now
Maybe I've a reason to believe
We all will be received
In a time of loneliness
Years gone by
Time of sadness
Tried to survive
We saw a land so glorious
Far beyond the sun
Let us ride away, and we're
Touching ths sky tonight
Dreams have fallen, voices calling
And together we will spread our wings and fly
darkness falling, heroes calling
Forever for the love - forever for the flame inside
Hope has fallen, winds are calling
Once upon a time the world was in distress
But now we live in peace united - till the end
Forever in a land of grace and glory
My soul is free of pain
And the children tell us stories
That harmony remains
Forever in a land of grace and glory
My heart will live again
And the children tell us stories
That happiness remains
Watching the sky, the light
Stranger's walking, creatures talking
And return to the sun, escape from the night
Darkness falling, shadows crawling
Oh you pray to you're god and you pray
for eternal life
Stand up - tic tic toc
The clock is on the run
Still got the taste of microwave food in my mouth
Kissing the sun
Get out
Ozone is waiting I inhale all the first world now
And then I'm ready to join the cueue again
To keep myself on overload
And day by day gets executed
Welcome to this place of struggle
Welcome to the promised dream
Inside my veal-fatting-pet I'm in control now
And then I'm back in my nice home-coccoon
I see it all I see the truth
When my beloved TV here saves again
This beautiful land
And day by day gets executed
But in my dreams - nothing is allright
My little plastic life
It pushes reality aside
Wisdom and knowledge - all wasted energy
My little garbageland
It kills me yes it kills me
Stand up - tic tic toc
The clock is on the run
Still got the taste
Of microwave food in my mouth
Kissing the sun
Get out out ozone is waiting
I inhale all the first world now
And then I'm ready to join
The cueue again
To keep myself on
Mississippi Delta shining like a National guitar
Paul Simon wrote that song about Graceland
While driving in his car
Mark Cohn wrote that other one
It was a big hit, it made Mark Cohn real
I'm walking in Memphis, do I really feel the way I feel?
Well, look at me, Lord, I am at Graceland
On a Saturday afternoon
I threw up last night at a rest stop
From eating cheese grits at the Waffle House
I felt like hell then, I feel alright now
I am at Graceland and I feel alright
I know that Graceland has sacred meaning
Deep, deep meaning for lots of people
For me it don't mean all that much
Okemah means more that's
Woody Guthrie's home
I don't have shrines to Elvis Presley
On the dashboard of my RV
I haven't spotted Elvis lately
In the tool section of the Wal-Mart
But I travel around the country
Playing my guitar for whoever will listen
So I'm at Graceland, I am at Graceland
I am at Graceland and I feel alright
He had the coolest shoes
He had the coolest hair
He sang the coolest songs
He made the coolest movies
He moved his hips like wheat fields waving
He was even cool in the army
The Mississippi Delta was shining
Like a National guitar
I am following the river
Down the highway
Through the cradle of the civil war
I'm going to Graceland
Graceland
In Memphis Tennessee
I'm going to Graceland
Poorboys and Pilgrims with families
And we are going to Graceland
My traveling companion is nine years old
He is the child of my first marriage
But I've reason to believe
We both will be received
In Graceland
She comes back to tell me she's gone
As if I didn't know that
As if I didn't know my own bed
As if I'd never noticed
The way she brushed her hair from her forehead
And she said losing love
Is like a window in your heart
Everybody sees you're blown apart
Everybody sees the wind blow
I'm going to Graceland
Memphis Tennessee
I'm going to Graceland
Poorboys and Pilgrims with families
And we are going to Graceland
And my traveling companions
Are ghosts and empty sockets
I'm looking at ghosts and empties
But I've reason to believe
We all will be received
In Graceland
There is a girl in New York City
Who calls herself the human trampoline
And sometimes when I'm falling, flying
Or tumbling in turmoil I say
Oh, so this is what she means
She means we're bouncing into Graceland
And I see losing love
Is like a window in your heart
Everybody sees you're blown apart
Everybody sees the wind blow
In Graceland, in Graceland
I'm going to Graceland
For reasons I cannot explain
There's some part of me wants to see
Graceland
And I may be obliged to defend
Every love, every ending
Or maybe there's no obligations now
Maybe I've a reason to believe
We all will be received
It's been thirty days,
Since I've been without you
And it feels okay
Till I think about you
Cause you don't call anymore
There's no shoulder to fall on anymore
So tell me, That you will be on you're way
Tell me, that you're coming back someday
And maybe, I'll make it on my own.
Maybe I'll never know
Just tell me how far to go, to Graceland
What I really need,
Is the closure that you won't give to me,
I still have my regrets
I got you out of my heart,
But you're still stuck in my head.
So tell me, That you will be on you're way
Tell me, that you're coming back someday
And maybe, I'll make it on my own.
Maybe I'll never know
Just tell me how far to go, to Graceland
To Graceland
Now it's been a year
Never thought that I could think so clear,
But I saw you today,
And I fell short of all I wanted to say
Cause damn your words,
Damn this town and damn your ways.
Maybe I'll never know,
Is it too far to go, To Graceland
I can't move on
Should I let go
It's always better when you're there
But you've moved on
And let go
I'm sure it's better when you're there
It's always better when you're there
Cause Graceland's falling
And you're still calling
You make me want to fly
And you're my saviour
My favorite flavor
Take me home tonight
Cause Graceland's gone tonight
It's gone tonight
And memories of my better days
Of a world I never knew
Sweet symphonies
You were my better days
You're the world I never knew
You're the world I never knew
Cause Graceland's falling
And you're still calling
You make me want to fly
And you're my saviour
My favorite flavor
Take me home tonight
You were my better days
You were my symphony
You were my better days, better days, better days
You were my symphony
Graceland's falling
And you're still calling
You make me want to fly
And you're my saviour
My favorite flavor
Take me home tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight
Standing there holding hands in the middle of the night
With my thousand closest friends I was
Standing there with my velvet Elvis in the candlelight
I heard a whisper in the wind
Graceland is not far away
You can see it through the eyes of faith
Graceland, if you reach out your hand
I can take you to the pearly gates
And you can see the real Graceland
Kneeling there
I dropped my painting and I said a little prayer
I asked the King into my heart
Kneeling there
I found the place where true life lives and
People love you like you are
He's the king of rock 'n' roll
But He's the King of everything
He's got records
He's got streets of gold
He's the craze, but He's not here to entertain
He died for fame, He died for souls