Walking in Memphis

 

 

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1. Put on my blue suede shoes and I boarded the plane

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Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues in the middle of the pouring rain

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W.C. Handy, won't you look down over me?

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Yeah, I got a first class ticket but I'm as blue as a boy can be...

 

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Refr. Then I'm walking in Memphis,

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I was walking with my feet ten feet off Beale,

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Walking in Memphis,

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But do I really feel the way I feel?

 

2. 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.

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But there's a pretty little thing waiting for the King down in the jungle room.

 

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...But do I really feel the way I feel?

 

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Bridge. They’ve got kaffisch on the table.

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They've got gospel in the air

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And Reverend Green be glad to see you

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When you haven't got a prayer

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But boy you got a prayer in Memphis...

 

3. 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."

 

Refr.

 

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End. Put on my blue suede shoes and I boarded the plane

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Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues in the middle of the pouring rain

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Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues in the middle of the pouring rain