Novament: Walking In Memphis Jungle Room

Walking In Memphis Jungle Room

The lyrics walking with my feet ten feet off of beale refers to beale street an actual street in memphis. Walking in memphis where to find it.

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Down in the jungle room walking in memphis walking with my feet ten feet off of beale walking in memphis do i really feel the way i feel theyve got catfish on the table theyve got gospel in the air and reverend green will be glad to see you when you havent got a prayer youve got a prayer in memphis now muriel plays the piano every friday at.

Walking in memphis jungle room. Marc cohn 1991 atlantic performed by. The blue suede shoes reference is also of elvis. Thanks gary thetford england.

Verse 1 put on my blue suede shoes and i boarded the plane touched down in the land of the delta blues in the middle of the pouring rain wc. About walking in memphis. Marc cohn words by.

This song is about his journey and experience. The 1991 hit song walking in memphis originally by singer and songwriter marc cohn poetically recalls his first visit to memphisthe taproot for some of his treasured influential musicians like al green elvis presley and isaac hayes. The jungle room furniture was purchased in memphis after vernon presly made a joke about it being tacky elvis had a sense of humor and a love of hawaii as told during the tour of graceland.

Walking in memphis i was walking with my feet ten feet off of beale walking in memphis but do i really feel the way i feel. Later the nickname was shortened to bb the rest is history. The song walking in memphis is off of marc cohns album entitled marc cohn.

Now theyve got catfish on the table theyve got gospel in the air and reverend green be glad to see you when you havent got a prayer but boy you got a prayer in memphis now. Down in the jungle room when i was walking in memphis chorus chorus 2. Marc cohn first the words.

And shes down in the jungle room when i was walking in memphis i was walking with my feet ten feet off of beale walking in memphis but do i really feel the way i feel. King became known as the beale street blues boy shortly after he first arrived in memphis. Carl perkins was great but elvis eclipsed carls version simply because elvis was that much better.

Cohn traveled to graceland elvis presleys mansion to check it out and gather inspiration but along the way he also managed to find other interesting sights and people.

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