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. runnin' down on beale street. can you hear that engine roar?, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. runnin' down on beale street. there's a girl in every door. yeah, 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.