I seen the bright lights of memphis   And the commodore hotel   And it was there beneath a streetlamp   Where I met a southern belle   Well she took me to the river   Where she cast her spell   And it was neath that memphis moonlight   She sang this song so well      (chorus)   If youll be my dixie chicken   Ill be your tennesee lamb   And we can walk together   Down in dixie land   Down in dixie land      We hit all the hotspots   My money flowed like wine   Till the lowdown southern whiskey   Began to fog my mind   Well I don't remember church bells   Or the money I put down   On the white picket fence and boardwalk   At the house on the edge of town   Now but boy do I remember   The strain of her refrain   And the nights we spent together   And the way she called my name      (chorus)   Its been a year since she ran away   Guess that guitar player sure could play   She always liked to sing along   He was always handy with a song   Then one night in the lobby   Of the commodore hotel   I by chance met a bartender   Who said he knew her well   And as he handed me a drink   He bagan to hum a song   And all the boys there at the bar   Began to sing along      (chorus twice)