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 you´ll see God everywhere
Like a sad old melody that cheers you up, it sets you free
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