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