I’m back in town
Plane touchin down
feeling the heat and it’s all around…yeah
Hundred and six degrees,
drop to your knees and put your blue suede shoes on now
and dance with me please
down in Memphis
Gettin down in Memphis
Said we got the ghost at Graceland Who know we play all night
And we stay out in the streets until the morning light
[chorus]
Down in Memphis
Down in Memphis
Elvis been rockin like a train,
Baby, sounds like a jailbreak
a jail break!
Jerry Lee, he’s got them hands
Gonna set them on fire
Here in Memphis
Memphis, yeah!
[chorus]
Down in Memphis
You found that rendezvous
And Central bar-b-q,
comin through with Gus’s
Gots to hit up Gibson’s too!
Yeah, down in Memphiiis
[chorus]
Down in Memphis
[blues guitar solo]
Take your self a trip
Down to Mississippi
Head on down to Oxford
Where there the girls are really pret-tay
Take it all in
Get yourself a little taste
Til this bluff city starts a callin you back
You can’t stay, and you know it!
Your soul be tellin you we got them blues
and you know
it down in Memphis!
Yeah yeah
Bring your ass back to Memphis
[big bridge]
Getting down now
Getting down now
Getting down now
Getting down now
Down in Memphis
Sam cook be callin you to get down, all night
Come on now and get your soul right
Down in memphiiiiiis
[final chorus]
Down in Memphis
[final chorus]
Down in Memphis
Memphis