Memphis Songtext
von Clay Crosse

The Mississippi River he′s a friend of mine
And the people living in this town they can be so fine
There's a big line running straight down old union avenue
And it breaks that southern lady′s heart in two

There's an old black man sitting out front of a shotgun house
And on the other side of town there's
A rich man sitting on a velvet couch

Nobody forgets what happened thirty years ago
We′ve got to forgive the past and that′s for sure
It should be so plain to see
That it comes down to you and me


But if we all just come together
Everybody come together
If we all just take a stand
Everybody take a stand
We could heal the hurtin' and the broken hearted people
Everybody understand
Everybody understand
We all just gotta come together
Yeah

Riding down Beale Street pop tunes on my radio
I love this Delta mama it′s all I know
Well you know I have a dream about
Black and white and a state of grace
But it's gonna take more than a dream to fix this place

You know it′s hard as it can be
To turn the tide of history

But if we all just come together
Everybody come together
If we all just take a stand
Everybody take a stand
We could heal the hurtin' and the broken hearted people
Everybody understand
Everybody understand
We all just gotta come together

If we all just take a stand
We could heal the hurtin′ and the broken hearted people
Everybody understand
Everybody understand


We all went to Sunday school and everybody learned the golden rule
I read about the writing on the wall
Learned how Joseph had a nice coat, Noah had a big boat
But then they said sweet Jesus loves us all

And I believe

But if we all just come together
Everybody come together
If we all just take a stand
Everybody take somebody's side and wait it out
We could heal the hurtin' and the broken hearted people
Everybody understand
Everybody understand