Its midnight in Memphis
and all the boys are out tonight.
Oh, midnight in Memphis,
but my true love is not in sight.
The neons glowing,
but I just dont see the light.

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

Oh, midnight in Memphis.
Well, ya take me away.
Midnight in Memphis.
Its 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.
Theres a girl in every door.
Yeah, it dont matter what you got,
theyre 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 dont need no live ones;
I just take care of the dead.

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

Whoa, oh, oh, oh, midnight in Memphis.
Midnight in Memphis.
Midnight in Memphis.
Its a long, long time
before the day,
before the day.