It's midnight in Memphis
and all the boys are out tonight
Oh, midnight in Memphis,
but my true love is not in sight
The neon's glowing,
but I just don't see the light

I'm following my footsteps
trying to find myself a friend
Oh, baby! Following my footsteps
trying to see where they might end
I'm tryin' to break these blues,
but I can't even get them to bend

Oh, midnight in Memphis
Well, ya take me away
Midnight in Memphis
It's a long, long time
before the day

Runnin' down on Beale Street
Can you hear that engine roar?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Runnin' down on Beale Street
There's a girl in every door
Yeah, it don't matter what you got,
they're asking me for more
Play it for me one time, boys

I heard the river risin',
risin' up over my head
Yeah, heard the river risin',
and this is what it said:
"I don't need no live ones;
I just take care of the dead"

Oh, midnight in Memphis
Take me, take me away
Midnight in Memphis
It's a long, long time
before the day

Whoa, oh, oh, oh, midnight in Memphis
Midnight in Memphis
Midnight in Memphis
It's a long, long time
before the day,
before the day