Memphis; The Blues

[Verse 1: Zach Bryan]

Rain started fallin' on the roof that mornin'

It was early summertime

We fogged up the rear window of my '67

Three-hundred, in-line

My lungs have been hurtin' and it's likely

My liver has taken a lickin' too

Them Beale Street boys are handy

With a clap on four and two

[Verse 2: Zach Bryan]

The thrill is gone so slow and easy

Won't you love me tender?

The way you move's a drug

And I am on a lifelong bender

So rest them tired eyes

And let your dress fall to the ground

We're the only onеs left

Who love Otis in this town

[Chorus: Zach Bryan]

I need you like Mеmphis the blues

I need you like Memphis the blues

[Verse 3: John Moreland]

Cracked up skies, tried on a couple lives

To find the one that fit

Cold wind comin' and the heat quit runnin'

But you keep my candle lit

Pictures on the wall say it all

With the kinda conviction make a river part

You got a skeleton key on a chain around your neck

I got a chain around my heart

Church bells ringin' in the air down the hill

From the house where you were born

I said, "Baby, don't you think we ought to live a little bit

Before Gabriel blows his horn?"

[Chorus: John Moreland]

I need you like Memphis the blues

I need you like Memphis the blues

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus: Zach Bryan, John Moreland, Zach Bryan & John Moreland]

I need you like Memphis the blues

I need you like Memphis the blues

I need you like Memphis the blues

I need you like Memphis the blues

[Outro: John Moreland & Zach Bryan]

Yeah, we should just

Fuck, yeah, I'm in