There's a town that I call home   Where all the streets are paved with soul   Down on Beale there's a honky-tonk bar   So hear the wail of a blues guitar   Have a beer and drop a dime in the blind man's jar   The blues sing softly in the air like a Sunday morning prayer   Just one more drink and you'll see God everywhere   Like a sad old melody that cheers you up, it sets you free   That's how Memphis lives in me   There comes a time when muddy waters run rough   There comes a point when a man has had enough   Like a friend that always stands by me   Memphis knows me   Never showed me   How did life just had to be   I couldn't even try to run away, say goodbye   Here I was born and here is where I'll die   I'm just a man from Tennessee   I can't be what I can't be   All I know is Memphis lives in me   I said I'm just a man from Tennessee   Can't be what I can't be   All I know is Memphis lives   All I know is Memphis gives