La canción Walking in Memphis fue compuesta y grabada por Marc Cohn en 1991. La canción está inspirada en una visita de Cohn a Memphis, Tennessee, y narra la rica herencia musical de la ciudad, incluyendo referencias a Elvis Presley y a Beale Street. Es un relato personal de las experiencias de Cohn y sus interacciones con la ciudad y su música.
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Introducción:Piano riff over.
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Put on my blue suede shoes,
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And I board-ed the plane.
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Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues,
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In the middle of the pouring rain.
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W.__C. Handy, won't you look down over me,
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Yeah I got a first class ticket.
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But I'm as blue as a boy can be.
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Then I'm walking in Memphis,
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Walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale.
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Walking in Mem—phis,
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But do I really feel the way I feel?
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Saw the ghost of El—vis,
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On Union Ave—nue.
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Followed him up to the gates of Grace—land,
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Then I watched him walk right through.
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Now se—curity they did not see him,
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They just hovered 'round his tomb.
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But there's a pretty little thing,
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Wait—ing for the King.
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Down in the Jungle Room,
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When I was walking in Mem—phis,
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I was Walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale.
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Walking in Mem—phis
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But do I really feel the way I feel?
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They've got catfish on the table
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They've got gospel in the air
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And Reverend Green__ be glad to see you
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When you haven't got a prayer
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But boy you've got a prayer in Mem—phis
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Now, Muriel plays piano
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Every Friday at the Holly-wood
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And they brought me down to see her
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And they asked me if I would
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Do a little num-ber
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And I sang with all my might
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And she said, "Tell me are you a Christian child?"
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And I said,"Ma'am I am to-night"
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Walking in Mem—phis, (Walking in Memphis)
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I was walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale. (Walk, walk, walk)
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Walking in Mem—phis, (Walking in Memphis)
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But do I really feel the way I feel? (Walk, walk, walk)
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Walking in Mem—phis, (Walking in Memphis)
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I was Walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale. (Walk, walk, walk)