Motel In Memphis Lyrics

Were you there when the man from Atlanta was murdered in Memphis?
Did you see him layin� at the Lorraine Motel?
Did you hear them say that the CIA is witness -
To the murder of a man at a motel in Memphis?

Motel in Memphis
Motel in Memphis
Run and tell somebody there�s blood on the riverside
Oh muddy water, rolling to Memphis
If you were there, you�d swear it was more than a man who died

Did you see Coretta? She was sobbin� on the corner in a black veil.
Did you watch Mr. Crump in a white coat grin?
Did you walk downriver where the cottonwoods are swingin� -
With the ghostly bodies of men?

Motel in Memphis
Motel in Memphis
Run and tell somebody there�s blood on the riverside
Oh muddy water, rolling to Memphis
If you were there, you�d swear it was more than a man who died

Were you there with Mahalia wailing at the funeral?
Did you watch them lower his casket in?
Did you tremble when you thought about the future -
And cry out for a martyred man?

Motel in Memphis
Motel in Memphis
Run and tell somebody there�s blood on the riverside
Oh muddy water, rolling to Memphis
If you were there, you�d swear it was more than a man who died

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