Back To Memphis

If I never saw you
Youd still live in my dreams
Calling out from stages
And music magazines
If I were a painter
Youd be green and gold
Carved out of matches
But broken out of stone
Taken from the fire of your fiddle
Words of unspoken, blinding truth
If I couldnt see it,
I was lost in my youth
But Im going back to
Memphis - after you.
If I could have seen you
With blood on your bones
Poison in your fingers
But music in your soul
You could have been my lover
Taught me everything
I know But now we are your children
Your flowers in the snow
But all you ever wanted was to see the heart of the city, oh
And all you ever got was hand to mouth
So I know youll be walking for a long, long time
Cause youre going back to
Memphis - heading
South. Brothers till the night came
And whispered in the pines
Tempting me with secrets
To play a game with time
Now I feel you in the walls
And I know youre in the air
And its just like
I can touch you
Youre living everywhere
But all you ever wanted was to be in the heart of the city, oh
And all you ever got was handed out
So I know well be walking for a long, long time
Cause were going back to
Memphis - heading
South Going back to
Memphis - heading
South.