The Rose Of Memphis Lyrics - Rodney Crowell

WRITERS RODNEY CROWELL, GUY CLARK 

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I drove all the way from Storyville on a midnight Memphis run 

From Bourbon Street to Beale Street straight up Highway 61 

I was tuned in on radio maybe ten miles out of town 

When I heard the rose of Memhis boys that's when I left the ground 

I can't go back to Storyville way down there by the sea 

Till I can say I got the rose of Memphis coming home with me 

She wrapped her song around my heart just like the Kudzu vine 

That keeps on growing after dark straight up some lonesome pine 

I've got to find that woman now cause my life ain't complete 

Man there ain't nobody out there got the rose of Memphis beat 

I can't go back to New Orleans that ol' crescent city town 

Till I can say I got the rose of Memphis coming on the rounds 

Rose of Memphis I love the rose of Memphis 

Rose of Memphis I love the rose of Memphis 

I love the rose of Memphis man she sings just like a bird 

I swear she makes the sweetest sound I think I ever heard 

She was born down by the river that ol' river's in her soul 

Man they can't nobody touch her when the rose is on a roll 

I can't get go back to Louisiana by the Gulf of Mexico 

Till I can say I've got the rose of Memphis coming home to show 

Rose of Memphis I love the rose of Memphis 

Rose of Memphis I love the rose of Memphis 

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