Memphis Lives in Me
There's a town that I call home
Where all the streets are paved with soul.
Down on Beale, there's a honky-tonk bar,
Hear the wail of a blues guitar,
Have a beer, drop a dime in the blind man's jar.
The blues sang softly in the air
Like a Sunday morning prayer.
Just one more drink and you'll see god everywhere.
Like a sad old melody,
It tears you up but sets you free,
All I know is Memphis lives in me.
There comes a time when muddy waters run rough,
There comes a point when a man has had enough,
Like a friend who always stands by me, yeah.
Memphis knows me, Memphis shows me,
How this life just has to be.
I couldn't even try to run away and say goodbye,
Here I was born and here is where I'll die.
Just a man from Tennessee,
Can't be what I can't be,
All I know is Memphis lives in me.
Woah!
There comes a time when muddy waters run rough,
There comes a point when a man has had enough,
Like a friend who always stands by me, yeah.
Memphis knows me, Memphis shows me,
How this life just has to be.
I couldn't even try to run away and say goodbye,
Here I was born and here is where I'll die.
Just a man from Tennessee,
Can't be what I can't be,
All I know is Memphis lives
All I know is Memphis gives
All I know is Memphis lives in me!
Where all the streets are paved with soul.
Down on Beale, there's a honky-tonk bar,
Hear the wail of a blues guitar,
Have a beer, drop a dime in the blind man's jar.
The blues sang softly in the air
Like a Sunday morning prayer.
Just one more drink and you'll see god everywhere.
Like a sad old melody,
It tears you up but sets you free,
All I know is Memphis lives in me.
There comes a time when muddy waters run rough,
There comes a point when a man has had enough,
Like a friend who always stands by me, yeah.
Memphis knows me, Memphis shows me,
How this life just has to be.
I couldn't even try to run away and say goodbye,
Here I was born and here is where I'll die.
Just a man from Tennessee,
Can't be what I can't be,
All I know is Memphis lives in me.
Woah!
There comes a time when muddy waters run rough,
There comes a point when a man has had enough,
Like a friend who always stands by me, yeah.
Memphis knows me, Memphis shows me,
How this life just has to be.
I couldn't even try to run away and say goodbye,
Here I was born and here is where I'll die.
Just a man from Tennessee,
Can't be what I can't be,
All I know is Memphis lives
All I know is Memphis gives
All I know is Memphis lives in me!
Credits
Writer(s): Joseph Gerard Dipietro, David Bryan
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