Were you there when the man from Atlanta was murdered in Memphis?   Did you see him laying at the Lorraine Motel?   Did you hear them say that the CIA is witness   To the murder of a man at a motel in Memphis      Motel in Memphis   Motel in Memphis   Run and tell somebody   There’s blood on the riverside   Oh muddy water   Rollin’ to Memphis   If you were there you’d swear   It was more than a man who died      Did you see Coretta she sobbing on the corner in her black viel?   Did you see Mr. Crump in a white coat grin?   Did you walk downriver where the cottonwoods are swinging with ghostly bodies of men?      Motel in Memphis   Motel in Memphis   Run and tell somebody   There’s blood on the riverside   Oh muddy water   Rollin’ to Memphis   If you were there you’d swear   It was more than a man who died      Were you there with Mahalia wailing at the funeral?   Did you watch them lower his casket in?   Did you tremble when you thought about the future and cry out for a martyred man?      Motel in Memphis   Motel in Memphis   Run and tell somebody   There’s blood on the riverside   Oh muddy water   Rollin’ to Memphis   If you were there you’d swear   It was more than a man who died