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 So hear the wail of a blues guitar Have a beer and drop a dime in the blind man's jar
The blues sing softly in the air Like a Sunday morning prayer Just one more drink and And you'll see God everywhere
Like a sad old melody That cheers you up, it sets you free And that's how 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 that always stands by me
Memphis knows me never showed me How did life just had to be I couldn't even try to run away, say goodbye Here I was born and here is where I'll die
I'm just a man from Tennessee I can't be what I can't be All I know is Memphis lives in me
I said, "I'm 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 in me