Memphis

Memphis - Clay Crosse

Written by：Clay Crosse/Regie Hamm

The Mississippi river

He's a friend mine

And the people livin' in this town they can be so fine

There's a big line runnin' straight down old union avenue

And it breaks that southern lady's heart in two

There's no black man sittin' out front of a shotgun house

And on the other side of town there's a rich man

Sittin' on a velvet couch

Nobody forgets what happened thirty years ago

We gotta forgive the past and that's for sure

Miss you be so plain to see

That it comes down to you and me

Could all just come together

I come together

If we all just take a stand

All just take a stand

We could heal the hurtin' and the broken hearted people

And everybody understand

Everydody understand

Gotta all just come together

Ridin 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 stand of grace

But it's gonna take more than a dream to fix this place

You know thought as it can be

To turn the tide of history

If we all just come together

Everybody come together

If we all just take a stand

Everybody just stand

We could heal the hurtin' and the broken hearted people

Everybody understand

Everybody understand

And if we all just come together

Everbody come together

If we all just take a stand

Everybody just stand

We could heal the hurtin' and the broken hearted people

Everybody understand

Everybody understand

We all went to sunday school

And everybody ran the golden rule

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 I'm live

If we all just come together

Everybody just come together

If we all just take a stand

Everybody just take a stand

We could heal the hurtin' and the broken hearted people

Everybody understand

Everybody understand

And if we all just come together

Everybody come together

If we all just take a stand

We could heal the hurtin' and the broken hearted people

All of cross this lain

Everybody understand

Get all just come again

Everybody understand

The Mississippi river he's a friend mine

And the people livin' in this town they can be so fine

Be sunch your hand to mother

Be sunch your hand to sister

Be sunch your hand to brother

Be sunch your hand to sister