Tennessee night and a long grey November
and who'd have believed that this story was true
and how could we know that the world would change
like the world has changed
ain't it strange what time can do...
we let time come, and let time go,
let the years get washed away
in the Memphis Rain...
there's a power in those good old songs
there'a a magic by the Graceland gates
and we've come, to wash our souls, in the Memphis Rain

I'm not really sure why I feel what I feel,
so safe and secure and tied to the past.
Mamma says you're a king, she says that kings live forever
but I wanna know - How long does forever last
Then I heard your voice - you were singin' again -
and all my fears got washed away
in the Memphis Rain

there's a power in those good old songs
there's a magic by the Graceland gates
washing us clean again...

I don't care if I'm in love with a legend
as long as the story goes that
you'll be the hero, you'll be the gold,
you'll be America's soul.

We can touch the very heart of America -
paradise lost, paradise gained.
Listen real close and you can hear him sing again in the
Memphis Rain...

There'a a power in those good old songs
there's a magic by the Graceland gates
washing us clean again-
And we've come to wash our souls
in the Memphis Rain.