Rain started fallin' on the roof that mornin'
It was early summertime
We fogged up the rear window of my
Sixty-Seven, three-hundred, in-line
My lungs have been hurtin'
And it's likely my liver
Has taken a lickin', too
Them Beale Street boys are handy
With A clap on four and two
The thrill is gone so slow and easy
Won't you love me tender?
The way you move's a drug
and I am on a life-long bender
So rest them tired eyes
and let your dress fall to the ground
We're the only ones left
Who love Otis in this town

I need you like Memphis the blues
I need you like Memphis the blues

Cracked up skies
Tried on a couple lives
To find the one that fit
Cold wind comin' and the heat quit runnin'
But you keep my candle lit
Pictures on the wall say it all
With the kind-a-conviction
Make a river burn
You got a skeleton key on a chain around your neck
I got a chain around my heart
Church bells ringing in the air down the hill
from the house where you were born
I said baby don't you think we aught
to live a little bit before Gabriel blows his horn
I need you like Memphis the blues
I need you like Memphis the blues

I need you like Memphis the blues
I need you like Memphis the blues
I need you like Memphis the blues
I need you like Memphis the blues…