It´s midnight in Memphis
and all the boys are out tonight.
Oh, midnight in Memphis,
but my true love is not in sight.
The neon´s glowing,

but I just don´t see the light.

I´m following my footsteps
trying to find myself a friend.
Oh, baby! Following my footsteps
trying to see where they might end.
I´m tryin´ to break these blues,
but I can´t even get them to bend.

Oh, midnight in Memphis.
Well, ya take me away.
Midnight in Memphis.
It´s a long, long time
before the day.

Runnin´ down on Beale Street.
Can you hear that engine roar?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Runnin´ down on Beale Street.
There´s a girl in every door.
Yeah, it don´t matter what you got,
they´re asking me for more.
Play it for me one time, boys.

I heard the river risin´,
risin´ up over my head.
Yeah, heard the river risin´,
and this is what it said:
"I don´t need no live ones;
I just take care of the dead."

Oh, midnight in Memphis.
Take me, take me away.
Midnight in Memphis.
It´s a long, long time
before the day.

Whoa, oh, oh, oh, midnight in Memphis.
Midnight in Memphis.
Midnight in Memphis.
It´s a long, long time
before the day,
before the day.