It's midnight in Memphis   All the girls are out tonight   It's midnight in Memphis   But my true love is not in sight   Oh,the neon is glowin'   But I just can't see the light      Well I'm followin' my footsteps   Tryin' to find myself a friend   Followin'my footsteps   Just to see where it might end   Oh, I'm tryin' to break these blues   But I can't even get 'em to bend      Chorus:   Midnight in Memphis   Where would you take me away?   Midnight in Memphis   It's a long, long time before day      It's burnin' on Beale Street   Can't you hear the engines roar?   It's burnin' on Beale Street   There's a girl in every door   Girl in every door   It don't matter what you got   They're asking even more      I heard the river risin'   Risin' up over my head   I heard the river risin'   And this is what it said   Said "I don't need no live ones   I just take care of the dead"      Repeat chorus