Maybe It Was Memphis

Album: Put Yourself in My Place (1991)
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  • Lookin' at you through a misty moonlight
    Katydid sing like a symphony
    Porch swing swayin' like a Tennessee lullaby
    Melody blowing through the willow tree

    What was I supposed to do
    Standing there lookin' at you
    A lonely boy far from home

    Maybe it was Memphis
    Maybe it was Southern summer nights
    Maybe it was you, maybe it was me
    But it sure felt right

    Read about you in a Faulkner novel
    Met you once in a Williams play
    Heard about you in a country love song
    Summer night beauty took my breath away

    What was I supposed to do
    Standing there lookin' at you
    A lonely boy far from home

    Maybe it was Memphis
    Maybe it was Southern summer nights
    Maybe it was you, maybe it was me
    But it sure felt right

    Maybe it was Memphis (Memphis)
    Maybe it was Southern summer nights (Southern summer nights)
    Maybe it was you, maybe it was me
    But it sure felt right

    Every night now since I've been back home
    Lie awake drifting in my memory
    Think about you on your mama's front porch swing
    Talking that way so soft to me

    What was I supposed to do
    Standing there lookin' at you
    A lonely boy far from home

    Maybe it was Memphis
    Maybe it was Southern summer nights
    Maybe it was you, maybe it was me
    But it sure felt right

    Maybe it was Memphis (Memphis)
    Maybe it was Southern summer nights (Southern summer nights)
    Maybe it was you, maybe it was me
    But it sure felt right
    Maybe it was you, maybe it was me
    But it sure felt right

    Oh, you know it sure felt right
    Oh, maybe it was Memphis
    Maybe it was Memphis
    Maybe it was Memphis
    Maybe it was Memphis
    But it sure felt right Writer/s: Michael Anderson
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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