Memphis

The Mississippi River, he's a friend of mine

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

But there's a big line runnin' straight down old Union Avenue

And it breaks that southern lady's heart in two

Now there's an old 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

Well nobody forgets what happened thirty years ago

But we gotta forgive the past and that's for sure

Well it should be so plain to see

That it comes down to you and me

And if we all just come together

If we all just take a stand

We could heal the hurtin' and the broken-hearted people

Everybody understand

We gotta all just come together

Ridiní down Beale Street, pop tunes on my radio

Well I love this Delta mama, it's all I know

Well you know I have a dream about black and

white and a land of grace

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

You know it's hard as it can be

To turn the tide of history

We all went to Sunday school

And everybody learned 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