Down the Mississippi where the water gets muddy 
Forty-four school where the kids don't study 
Well they all hang around at the root of 
Beale Street 
Oh that's where they hear that 
Memhpis Beat 
I'm goin' to 
Memphis where the beat is tough 
Memphis I can't get enough 
It makes you tremble and it makes you weak gets in your blood that 
Memphis Beat 
Whoo they're hitchhikin' here from 
California ride on a 
Honda from 
Arizona Houston 
Boston Kansas 
City New Orleans and a doo wa diddy 
Oh I'm goin' to 
Memphis... [ piano - guitar ] 
Well people come a ridin' a walkin' a swimmin' 
Got a little chance at them good lookin' women 
Oh they march on down to the foot of 
Beale Street 
Ah then dance all night to that 
Memphis Beat 
Oh I'm goin' to 
Memphis...... 
Oh come on now let's go to 
Memphis Where the beat is tough 
I can't get enough 
I gotta get back there 
I gotta get back there