Walking in Memphis – Marc Cohn

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 boy can be

Then I'm walking in Memphis
I was walking with my feet ten feet off a 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 round his tomb
But there's a pretty little thing waiting for the king, down in the jungle room

Well I was walking in Memphis
I was walking with my feet ten feet off a Beale
Walking in Memphis
But do I really feel the way I feel

They've got catfish on the table

They've got gospel in the air

And Reverend Green be glad to see you
When you haven't got a prayer

But boy you've got a prayer in Memphis

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
And she said tell me are you a christian child
And I said, Maam I am tonight

Walking in Memphis
I was walking with my feet ten feet off a Beale
Walking in Memphis
But do I really feel the way I feel

Walking in Memphis
I was walking with my feet ten feet off a Beale
Walking in Memphis
But do I really feel the way I feel

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
Touched down in the land of the delta blues…..
In the middle of the pouring…..rain