Walking in Memphis Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Put on my blue suede shoes
And I boarded the plane
Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues
In the middle of the pouring rain
W.C. Handy, won't you look down over me?
Yeah, I got a first class ticket
But I'm as blue as a girl can be
[Chorus]
Then I'm walking in Memphis
I was walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale
Walking in Memphis
But do I really feel the way I feel?
[Verse 2]
Saw the ghost of Elvis on Union Avenue
Followed him up to the gates of Graceland
Then I watched him walk right through
Now security, they did not see him
They just hovered around his tomb
But there's a pretty little thing
Waiting for the King
Down in the Jungle Room
[Chorus]
When I was walking in Memphis
I was walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale
Walking in Memphis
But do I really feel the way I feel?
Walking in Memphis
I was walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale
Walking in Memphis
But do I really feel the way I feel?
Put on my blue suede shoes
And I boarded the plane
Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues
In the middle of the pouring rain
W.C. Handy, won't you look down over me?
Yeah, I got a first class ticket
But I'm as blue as a girl can be
[Chorus]
Then I'm walking in Memphis
I was walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale
Walking in Memphis
But do I really feel the way I feel?
[Verse 2]
Saw the ghost of Elvis on Union Avenue
Followed him up to the gates of Graceland
Then I watched him walk right through
Now security, they did not see him
They just hovered around his tomb
But there's a pretty little thing
Waiting for the King
Down in the Jungle Room
[Chorus]
When I was walking in Memphis
I was walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale
Walking in Memphis
But do I really feel the way I feel?
Walking in Memphis
I was walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale
Walking in Memphis
But do I really feel the way I feel?
[Bridge]
They've got catfish on the table (Ooh)
They've got gospel in the air (Ah)
And Reverend Green will be glad to see you
When you haven't got a prayer
But boy, you've got a prayer in Memphis
Now Gabriel plays piano every Friday at the Hollywood
And they brought me down to see him
And they asked me if I would do a little number
And I sang with all my might
And he said "Tell me, are you a Christian, child?"
And I said "Man, I am tonight!"
[Chorus]
Walking in Memphis (Walking in Memphis)
I was walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale (Oh)
Walking in Memphis (Walking in Memphis)
But do I really feel the way I feel?
Walking in Memphis (Walking in Memphis)
I was walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale (Oh)
Walking in Memphis (Walking in Memphis)
But do I really feel the way I feel?
[Outro]
Put on my blue suede shoes
They've got catfish on the table (Ooh)
They've got gospel in the air (Ah)
And Reverend Green will be glad to see you
When you haven't got a prayer
But boy, you've got a prayer in Memphis
Now Gabriel plays piano every Friday at the Hollywood
And they brought me down to see him
And they asked me if I would do a little number
And I sang with all my might
And he said "Tell me, are you a Christian, child?"
And I said "Man, I am tonight!"
[Chorus]
Walking in Memphis (Walking in Memphis)
I was walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale (Oh)
Walking in Memphis (Walking in Memphis)
But do I really feel the way I feel?
Walking in Memphis (Walking in Memphis)
I was walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale (Oh)
Walking in Memphis (Walking in Memphis)
But do I really feel the way I feel?
[Outro]
Put on my blue suede shoes
About
Genius Annotation
Cher released her cover of Marc Cohn’s “Walking in Memphis” as the lead single for her twenty-second studio album, It’s a Man’s World (1995), in Europe and the UK on 16 October 1995. Although never issued as a single in North America, “Walking in Memphis” did afford Cher a minor Canadian hit in the autumn of 1996.
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Release Date
October 13, 1995
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