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 W.C. Handy, won't you look down over me Yeah I got a first class ticket But I'm as blue as a girl 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 Walking in Memphis (walking in Memphis) I was walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale (oh oh oh) Walking in Memphis (walking in Memphis) But do I really feel the way I feel
They got catfish on the table (ooh ooh) They got gospel in the air (oh oh) And Reverend Green be glad to see you When you haven't got a prayer But boy you got a prayer in Memphis
Now Gabriel plays piano every Friday at the Hollywood And they brought me down to see him And they asked me if I would Do a little number and I sang with all my might He said: Tell me are you a Christian child? And I said: Man I am tonight
Walking in Memphis (walking in Memphis) I was walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale (oh oh oh) 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 (oh oh oh) Walking in Memphis (walking in Memphis) But do I really feel the way I feel