Memphis Lyrics

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The mississippi river he's a friend of mine

And the people livin' in this town they can be so fine

There's a big line runnin' straight down old union avenue

And it breaks that southern lady's heart in two

There's an old black man sittin' out front of a shotgun house

And on the other side of town there's a rich man sittin' on a velvet couch

Nobody forgives what happened thirty years ago

But we gotta forgive the past and that's for sure

Well it should be so plain to see

That it comes down to you and me

And if we all just come together

And if we all just take a stand

Oh we could heal the hurtin' and the broken-hearted people

And everybody understand

Gotta all just come together yeah

Ridin' down beale street pop tunes on my radio

Well i love this delta mama it's all i know

Well you know i have a dream about black and white and a state of grace

But it's gonna take more than a dream to fix this place

You know it's hard as it can be

To turn the tide of history

But if we all just come together

And if we all just take a stand

We could heal the hurtin' and the broken-hearted people

Everybody understand

Well if we all just come together

If we all just take a stand

We could heal the hurtin' and the broken-hearted people

And everybody understand yeah

We all went to sunday school and everybody learned the golden rule

I read about the writing on the wall

Learned how joseph had a nice coat noah had a big boat

But then they said sweet jesus loves us all

And i believe

If we all just come together

If we all just take a stand yeah yeah yeah

Oh we could heal the hurtin' and the broken-hearted people

And everybody understand

Well if we all just come together

Well if we all just take a stand

We could heal the hurtin' and the broken-hearted people

All across this land

Gotta all just come together yeah

The mississippi river he's a friend of mine

And the people livin' in this town they can be so fine

Reach out your hand to your brother

Reach out your hand to your sister

Reach out your hand to your brother

Reach out your hand to your sister sister

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