[Verse 1]
[M] Born on the riverbank
With a saltwater name
[F] Mama said, boy, you came
From a storm in the frame
[M] Moon in my left hand
Ocean in my chest
[F] Even as a child
I could feel the press
[M] Hunting through my dreams
Like a wolf in snow
[F] Hear the dark call my name
Then I sink so low
[M] Pins in my throat
Black rain in my head
[F] Memphis on my tongue
And a ghost in my bed
[Pre-Chorus]
[M] I shake in the floorboards
[F] I hide in the static
[M] Hands on the railings
[F] Mind getting tragic
[M] Say I’m made for the night
[F] But the night feels too much
[M] If I drown in this fear
[F] Pull me up, pull me up
[Chorus]
[M&F] Moon over Memphis
(Moon over Memphis)
[M&F] Pull me through
[M&F] Moon over Memphis
(Moon over Memphis)
[M&F] Hold me blue
[F] When the dark gets hungry
[M] When my heart won’t stay
[M&F] Moon over Memphis
Bring me home today
[Verse 2]
[F] He got thunder in his bones
And a tear-stained smile
[M] I walk through the smoke
One hard mile at a time
[F] Some nights I’m a king
Some nights I’m debris
[M] Some nights I can’t tell
What’s hunting me
[F] Mama’s porch screen creaks
Like a warning prayer
[M] I sit in the dim
Like I’m not even there
[F] But your name on my lips
Cuts through the noise
[M] And I rise from the black
When I hear your voice
[Pre-Chorus]
[M] I shake in the floorboards
[F] I hide in the static
[M] Hands on the railings
[F] Mind getting tragic
[M] Say I’m made for the night
[F] But the night feels too much
[M] If I drown in this fear
[F] Pull me up, pull me up
[Chorus]
[M&F] Moon over Memphis
(Moon over Memphis)
[M&F] Pull me through
[M&F] Moon over Memphis
(Moon over Memphis)
[M&F] Hold me blue
[F] When the dark gets hungry
[M] When my heart won’t stay
[M&F] Moon over Memphis
Bring me home today
[Bridge]
[M] I wore my fear like a coat
Till it weighed on my spine
[F] I was lost in the flood
You were the shorelight line
[M] If I’m half of a myth
Then let the hurt turn gold
[F] Stay with me in the deep
Till the morning unfolds
[Final Chorus]
[M&F] Moon over Memphis
(Moon over Memphis)
[M&F] Pull me through
[M&F] Moon over Memphis
(Moon over Memphis)
[M&F] Hold me blue
[F] When the dark gets hungry
[M] When my heart won’t stay
[M&F] Moon over Memphis
Bring me home today
[M&F] Moon over Memphis
(Moon over Memphis)
[M&F] Save me now