Midnight in Memphis

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

Burnin' out on Beale Street
Can you hear that engine roar?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Burnin' out on Beale Street
There's a girl in every door
Yeah, you know 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