They say Frank Sinatra
Once ruled the roost in the Matzalan Del Mar
All those yankee gringos long gone
But we raised a glass to Frank in world’s longest bar
We headed north to Juarez
We saw the dead as they danced in a death weary land
We shed our tears for Mexico
As we rolled across the Rio Grande
All roads led to Memphis
All those old tunes were sirens’ songs
We saw Elvis busking in the street
You turned and you laughed and my chest was filled up with the sun
Some say there’re cities
You’re either always a stranger or straightaway at home
We settled like homing birds
Felt the weight fall away from our road weary bones
We were strolling in the evening sun
When you stopped and pointed at the sign
Reverend Fiddler births, deaths and weddings
All for the low low price $99.99
Well some things are just meant to be
We walked straight in and laid our money down
Some guy in a two storey hat
Signed the register as Wilson Pickett sang to the midnight hour
Married in Memphis
Whatever happens there’ll be part of us there
Elvis and Johnny singin Motown
A we walk in the noon day sun breathin Tennessee air
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Rev Fiddler $99.37 Witnessed by some guy in a big hat
Rev Fiddler $99.37
Witnessed by some guy in a big hat
Turning left down towards the Sun
We looked for Elvis and Johnny and BB and all
Memphis hummed and drew us in
Saw a wedding ad on a graffitied wall
Did they think we were just some more yankee gringos
It’s former glory long gone
Memphis and Nashville drew us /
All roads led to Tennessee/
The mississippi
Martin Luther King assassination
No sad goodbyes to Mexico
We entered El Paso and the promised land
Memphis barbecue
Many musicians, including Aretha Franklin, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison, Booker T. & the M.G.’s, Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes, Shawn Lane, Al Green, Rance Allen, Percy Sledge, Solomon Burke, William Bell, Sam & Dave and B.B. King, got their start in Memphis in the 1950s and 1960s.
Sun Studios
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We lived through the day of the dead No tourist show just a
Said goodbye
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