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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

WonderLizard Mar 28, 2013 - 17:37	Businessgypsy wrote: Buried my aunt in the cotton fields across from Memphis last week. She would have loved it. I love the (lack of) production, get a real feel for the communication between musicians in a studio. Yeah, music is now made by FTPing tracks to Timbaland for assembly. Back in the old days, they actually played together, y'know. They still do. It's called "live music." Sorry 'bout your aunt. Anyone who would have loved this, loved life and everything about it. [ Reply ]
Grammarcop Dec 24, 2012 - 15:22	Been there, done that. [ Reply ]
Dahnyul Feb 13, 2012 - 00:53	JJ has the Rhythm my friend! jt1 wrote: I really like this. Concentrating on work and noticed that my foot was tapping away by itself. [ Reply ]
jt1 Jan 12, 2012 - 06:33	I really like this. Concentrating on work and noticed that my foot was tapping away by itself. [ Reply ]
WonderLizard Nov 09, 2011 - 18:11	Man, the 12-bar riff is Bill Doggett's "Night Train"—slowed down just a tad. Apparently the "riff" has a rich history: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Train_%28composition%29 . I love this stuff. Could (and did) play it all night. [ Reply ]
TerryS Nov 09, 2011 - 18:09	Nothing quike like a good strumpet. Err, make a that a strutting trumpet. [ Reply ]
Businessgypsy Apr 03, 2011 - 04:41	Buried my aunt in the cotton fields across from Memphis last week. She would have loved it. I love the (lack of) production, get a real feel for the communication between musicians in a studio. Yeah, music is now made by FTPing tracks to Timbaland for assembly. Back in the old days, they actually played together, y'know. [ Reply ]
Baby_M Jan 30, 2011 - 09:55	fredriley wrote: . . . This is great struttin' blues, in the same class in my mind as Peter Gunn. Love it to bits :). . . . "Struttin' blues"—that's a very good way to put it. [ Reply ]
Blaggart Jan 30, 2011 - 09:54	romeotuma wrote: I was born in Memphis... Elvis Presley was my biological father... We might be related. One of the better trumpet players I've heard on a studio cut. [ Reply ]
SpamNRice Dec 30, 2010 - 02:15	Excellent music to lick stamps by... Mmmmm... love that glue... [ Reply ]
Rotterdam Aug 25, 2010 - 01:08	AdyMiles wrote: ho hum. this is SO boring and repetitive I love it. Find it excellent. It swings. [ Reply ]
icemang May 21, 2010 - 09:04	AdyMiles wrote: ho hum. this is SO boring and repetitive I just looked at your "highest rated songs" list. May I be the first to say hahahahahaha. What is it you Brits say? Oh wait, I remember: Sod off ya pikey bastard [ Reply ]
fredriley May 21, 2010 - 09:01	AdyMiles wrote: ho hum. this is SO boring and repetitive The underlying 12-bar is repetitive, but that's blues for you. The 'icing on the cake' is pretty varied, lots of different instruments. This is great struttin' blues, in the same class in my mind as Peter Gunn. Love it to bits :). 8 from the Nottingham jury. [ Reply ]
gshrieves May 21, 2010 - 09:01	This is sweet... [ Reply ]
sirdroseph May 21, 2010 - 08:59	Oh yea man, this is what I'm talkin bout! [ Reply ]
peter_james_bond May 21, 2010 - 08:57	Ahhhhhh..... [ Reply ]
helgigermany Mar 19, 2010 - 00:46	Nice!! [ Reply ]
Hairfarmer Feb 15, 2010 - 10:24	AdyMiles wrote: ho hum. this is SO boring and repetitive [ Reply ]
AdyMiles Sep 11, 2009 - 04:03	ho hum. this is SO boring and repetitive [ Reply ]
Huey Sep 11, 2009 - 04:03	Mari wrote: Woo! Yeeeeahhh [ Reply ]