Down in Memphis
Location
Taking a nice walk
Down in Memphis
We’ve got permission
So what’s to fear?
Just taking a walk
Down in Memphis
Then the cops came along and said,
"Get the hell out of here"
Momma, there was a big fight
Down in Memphis
I saw it in
The newspaper today
Momma, we lost our rights
Down in Memphis
And Daddy got killed
In the bloody fray
They shot the stars from the sky
Down in Memphis
When grandma heard the news
She cried all day
The hero wouldn’t let a nation die
Down in Memphis
And for mankind
He gave his life away
All the buildings burned
Down in Memphis
I watched the flames
As my mother weeped
All the things we learned
Down in Memphis
We learned them from the hero
Who now sleeps
Down In Memphis