Caught the midnight train I go hustling through the night I caught the midnight train I go hustling through the night Gonna jump off north of Memphis When my hometown's out of sight
They say there's only the Devil waiting In the big city way up there They say there's only the Devil waiting for me In the big city way up there What they don't seem to know What I been through I just don't care, no
Gonna get me one of them Shiny new electric guitars I'm gonna get me one of them Shiny new electric guitars All my best friends say Well, that's how they're gonna know who you are
Electric Memphis Electric Memphis Blues Electric Memphis Electric Memphis Blues Electric Memphis See me coming through