Clay Crosse - Memphis Lyrics
The Mississippi River, he's a friend of mineAnd the people livin' in this town, they can be so fineBut there's a big line runnin' straight down old Union AvenueAnd it breaks that southern lady's heart in twoNow there's an old black man sittin' out front of a shotgun houseAnd on the other side of town there's a rich man sittin' on a velvet couchWell nobody forgets what happened thirty years agoBut we gotta forgive the past and that's for sureWell it should be so plain to seeThat it comes down to you and meAnd if we all just come togetherIf we all just take a standWe could heal the hurtin' and the broken-hearted peopleEverybody understandWe gotta all just come togetherRidini down Beale Street, pop tunes on my radioWell I love this Delta mama, it's all I knowWell you know I have a dream about black and white and a land of graceBut it's gonna take more than a dream to fix this placeYou know it's hard as it can beTo turn the tide of historyWe all went to Sunday schoolAnd everybody learned the Golden RuleRead about the writing on the wallLearned how Joseph had a nice coatNoah had a big boatBut then they said sweet Jesus loves us all
