put on my blue suede shoes
and i boarded the plane
touched down in the land of the delta blues
in the middle of the pouring rain
wc handy
won’t you look down over me
yeah i’ve got a first class ticket
but i’m as blue as a boy can be
then i’m walking in memphis
i was walking with my feet ten feet off of beale
walking in memphis
but do i really feel the way i feel
saw the ghost of elvis
on union avenue
followed him up to the gates of graceland
then i watched him walk right through
now security they did not see him
they just
hovered around his tomb
but there’s a pretty little thing
waiting for the king
down in the jungle room
when i was walking in memphis
i was walking with my feet ten feet off of beale
walking in memphis
but do i really feel the way i feel
they’ve got catfish on the table
they’ve got gospel in the air
and reverend green
would be glad to see you
when you haven’t got a prayer
but boy you’ve got a prayer in memphis
now muriel plays piano
every friday at the hollywood
and they brought me down to see her
and they asked me if i would
do a little number
and i sang with all my might
she said
tell me are you a christian child
and i said
ma’am i am tonight
walking in memphis
walking in memphis
i was walking with my feet ten feet off of beale
walking in memphis
walking in memphis
but do i really feel the way i feel
walking in memphis
walking in memphis
i was walking with my feet ten feet off of beale
walking in memphis
walking in memphis
but do i really feel the way i feel
put on my blue suede shoes
and i boarded the plane
touched down in the land of the delta blues
in the middle of the pouring rain
touched down in the land of the delta blues
in the middle of the pouring
rain
Artist: Marc Cohn
Year: 1991
Decade: 90s
Language: en
Word Count: 170