[Verse 1: Marc Cohn]
       
Put on my blue

       
 suede shoes
         
And I boarded 

        
the plane
            
Touched down i

          
n the land of 

          
the Delta Blue

s
            
In the middle 

          
of the pouring

     
 rain
       
W. C. -- Handy

         
 -- won't you 

          
look down over

  
 me
          
Yeah I got a f

           
irst class tic

   
ket
            
But I'm as blu

          
e as a boy can

 
 be

[Hook: Marc Cohn]
              
Then I'm walki

             
ng in Memphis
           
Walking with m

        
y feet ten fee

        
t off of Beale
         
Walking in Mem

      
phis
           
But do I reall

         
y feel the way

  
 I feel

[Verse 2: Marc Cohn]
        
Saw the ghost 

        
of Elvis
      
On Union Avenu


e
           
Followed him u

          
p to the gates

    
 of Graceland
            
Then I watched

          
 him walk righ

       
t through
            
Now security t

         
hey did not se

      
e him
            
They just hove

          
red around his

       
 tomb
             
But there's a 

            
pretty little 

          
thing,  Waitin

          
g for The King
N.C.
Down in the Jungle Room

[Hook: Marc Cohn]
              
Then I'm walki

             
ng in Memphis
           
Walking with m

        
y feet ten fee

        
t off of Beale
         
Walking in Mem

      
phis
           
But do I reall

         
y feel the way

  
 I feel

          
They've got ca

             
tfish on the t

     
able
            
They've got go

           
spel in the ai

    
r
             
And Reverend G

             
reen will be g

       
lad to see you
         
When you haven

         
't got a praye

r
              
But boy you've

              
 got a prayer 

            
in Memphis

[Verse 3: Marc Cohn]
         
Now Muriel pla

      
ys piano
        
Every Friday a

          
t the Hollywoo

d
        
And they broug

              
ht me down to 

      
see her
        
And they asked

             
 me if I would
       
Do a little nu

    
mber
            
And I sang wit

         
h all my might

And she said
           
"Tell me are y

          
ou a Christian

 
 child?"

And I said "Ma'am I am tonight"

[Hook: Marc Cohn]
              
Then I'm walki

             
ng in Memphis
           
Walking with m

        
y feet ten fee

        
t off of Beale
         
Walking in Mem

      
phis
           
But do I reall

         
y feel the way

  
 I feel
              
Then I'm walki

             
ng in Memphis
           
Walking with m

        
y feet ten fee

        
t off of Beale
         
Walking in Mem

      
phis
           
But do I reall

         
y feel the way

  
 I feel

[Outro: Marc Cohn]
       
Put on my blue

       
 suede shoes
        
And I boarded 

           
the plane
            
Touched down i

          
n the land of 

         
the Delta Blue

s
            
In the middle 

          
of the pouring

     
 rain
            
Touched down i

          
n the land of 

         
the Delta Blue

s
            
In the middle 

          
of the pouring

     
 rain