Midnight In Memphis Lyrics - The Rose - Bette Midler

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. 

Burnin' out on beale street. 

Can you hear that engine roar? 

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 

Burnin' out on beale street. 

There's a girl in every door. 

Yeah, you know 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.