I hitchhiked up to memphis, a young boy in my prime
i thought that big old city would ease my georgia mind
after just one hour, i met a southern girl
she said they call me the queen of memphis
and then she took me around the world
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i saw stars dancing on the water
i heard elvis singing blue suede shoes
that old muddy river was my witness
the night i fell in love with the queen of memphis
i woke up the next morning a prisoner of her charms
she showed me things i'd never seen back there on that farm
she set my soul on fire, she completed all my dreams
a boy became a man that night in the arms of the memphis queen
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Just like that old man river she keeps rolling through my mind
and you know i won't forget her 'cause she was one of a kind
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