Memphis water, washing all your blues away,
Memphis water, you're a hero, so they say, yes
But you're scared to be yourself
You don't wanna be no one else
In case you falter
I'm on the outside, on the outside looking in,
I just met myself on the road
I gotta tell you I'm lookin' pretty thin
But I'm scared to be myself
I don't wanna be no one else
In case I falter
You know how it feels
You tould me to follow my fortune
but you brought me to my knees, hey
You know sorrow, sorrow can be replaced
A blind man said you left without
A trace, you left without a trace
Memphis water, can you see what you have done
You gave us all some sweet, sweet
Cheer, gave us cheer
When we had none
But we're scared to be ourselves
And we don't wanna be no one else
In case we falter