Jerry Lee Lewis

Memphis Beat

Jerry Lee Lewis


Memphis  Beat

Down by Mississippi where the water gets muddy 
Or the old school where the kids go steady 
Well they hang around at the foot of Beale Street 
Well that's where they hear that Memhpis Beat 

Oh going to Memphis 
Where the beat is tough 
Memphis 
I can't get enough 

It makes you tremble and it makes you weak 
It gets in your blood that Memphis Beat 
Whoo They hitch-hike here from California 
Ride on a Honda from Arizona 

Houston, Boston, Kansas City 
New Orleans and a doo who diddy 
Oh Going to Memphis 
Where the beat is tough 

Memphis 
I can't get enough 
It makes you tremble and it makes you weak 
It gets in your blood that Memphis Beat 
Whooo yeah 

Well people come a ridin' 
and a walkin' and a swimming 
Got a get a chance at them good lookin' women 
Walk em on down to the foot of Beale Street 

Ahh Gonna dance all night to that Memphis Beat 
Ooooooh going to Memphis 
Where the beat is tough 
Memphis 

I can't get enough 
It makes you tremble and it makes you weak 
It gets in your blood that Memphis Beat 
OH come on down 

Lets go to Memphis 
Where the beat is tough 
I can't get enough 
I gotta get back there 

Its get in your blood 
It makes you feel good 
Whoooo 
Memphis Memphis Memphis Memphis

Middle Aged Crazy
Today he traded his big 98 Oldsmobile 
He got a heck of a deal 
On a new Porsche car 
He ain't wearing his usual grey business suit 

He's got jeans and high boots 
With an embroidered star 
An today he's forty years old going on twenty 
Don't look for the grey in his hair 

'Cause he ain't got any 
He's got a young thing beside him 
That just melts in his hand 
He's middle aged crazy 

Trying to prove he still can 
He's gotta a woman he's loved for a long long time at home 
Ah but the thrill is all gone 
When they cut down the lights 

They've got a business that they spent a while comming by 
been a long uphill climb 
But now the profits are high 
But today he's forty years old going on twenty 

And he hears of sordid affairs and he aint had any 
And the young thing beside him 
You know she understands 
That he's middle aged crazy 
Trying to prove he still can