Down the Mississippi where the water gets muddy   Forty-four school where the kids don't study   Well, they all hang around at the root of Beale Street   Oh, that's where they hear that Memphis Beat      I'm goin' to Memphis where the beat is tough   Memphis, I can't get enough   It makes you tremble and it makes you weak   Gets in your blood, that Memphis Beat      Whoa, they're hitchhikin' here from California ride   On a Honda from Arizona   Houston, Boston, Kansas City, New Orleans and a doo wa diddy   Oh, I'm goin' to Memphis      Well, people come a ridin', a walkin', a swimmin'   Got a little chance at them good lookin' women   Oh, they march on down to the foot of Beale Street   Ah, then dance all night to that Memphis Beat      Oh, I'm goin' to Memphis   Oh, come on now let's go to Memphis   Where the beat is tough, I can't get enough   I gotta get back there, I gotta get back there