Pah-pah, pah-pah, yeah,
Pah-pah, pah-pah,
Pah-pah, pah-pah,
Pah-pah, pah-pah,
Down to Mississippi where the water gets muddy
Forty-four school where the kids don't study
They're all hangin' 'round at the foot of Beale Street
That's where they hear that Memhpis Beat
I'm goin' to Memphis
Where the beat is tough
I'm goin' to Memphis
I can't get enough
Yeah, it makes you trembly and it makes you weak
It gets in your blood that Memphis Beat
Pah-pah, pah-pah, wow,
Pah-pah, pah-pah,
Pah-pah, pah-pah,
Pah-pah, pah-pah,
Well they hitch-hike here from California
Ride on a Honda from Arizona
Houston, Boston, Kansas City
New Orleans and a doo whoa diddy
I'm goin' to Memphis
Where the beat is tough
I'm goin' to Memphis
I can't get enough
Yeah, it makes you trembly and it makes you weak
It gets in your blood that Memphis Beat
Pah-pah, pah-pah, ow,
Pah-pah, pah-pah,
Pah-pah, pah-pah,
Pah-pah, pah-pah,
Ow! Watch you now!
Yeah! Yeah, Sam! Yeah!
Sham! Watch you now!
People come ridin'
Walkin' and swimming
Got me to dance at the good lookin' women
Walk 'em on down to the foot of Beale Street
Dance all night to that Memphis Beat
I'm goin' to Memphis
Where the beat is tough
I'm goin' to Memphis
I can't get enough, ow!
Yeah, it makes you trembly and it makes you weak
It gets in your blood that Memphis Beat
Pah-pah, pah-pah,
Pah-pah, pah-pah,
Yeah! Gotta make it down!
(I'm goin' to Memphis, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Even the Memphis swim!
(I'm goin' to Memphis down, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Gotta see what's goin' on.
(Memphis, Memphis, Memphis, Memphis)
See what they're puttin' down.