Walking in Memphis Songtext
von Marc Cohn

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In dem Song geht es darum, dass eine Person nach Memphis reist und die Musikkultur sowie die Sehenswürdigkeiten erlebt. Sie trägt blaue Wildlederschuhe, als sie in der Region der Delta Blues ankommt, wo es gerade regnet. Sie besucht die Gräber von W.C. Handy und Elvis Presley und die Gates of Graceland. Als sie in ein Hollywood-Kino geht, wird sie gefragt, ob sie ein christliches Kind ist und sie antwortet "ja". Am Ende des Songs trägt sie wieder blaue Wildlederschuhe, als sie nach Hause fliegt.

Walking in Memphis

Put on my blue suede shoes
And I boarded the plane
Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues
In the middle of the pouring rain
W.C. Handy - won't you look down over me
Yeah I got a first class ticket
But I'm as blue as a boy can be

Then I'm walking in Memphis
I was walking with my feet ten feet off Beale
Walking in Memphis
But do I really feel the way I feel

Saw the ghost of Elvis
On Union Avenue
Followed him up to the gates of Graceland
Then I watched him walk right through
Now security, they did not see him
They just hovered 'round his tomb
But there's a pretty little thing
Waiting for the king
Down in the Jungle Room

When I was walking in Memphis
I was walking with my feet ten feet off Beale
Walking in Memphis
But do I really feel the way I feel

They've got catfish on the table
They've got gospel in the air
And Reverend Green be glad to see you
When you haven't got a prayer
But boy you've got a prayer in Memphis

Now Muriel plays piano
Every Friday at the Hollywood
And they brought me down to see her
And they asked me if I would
Do a little number
And I sang with all my might
She said, "Tell me, are you Christian child?"
And I said, "Ma?am, I am tonight"

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Walking in Memphis
I was walking with my feet ten feet off Beale
Walking in Memphis
But do I really feel the way I feel

Put on my blue suede shoes
And I boarded the plane
Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues
In the middle of the pouring rain
Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues
In the middle of the pouring rain

Writer(s): Marc Cohn
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