Ma'am I am tonight

[Guest guest]

They've got catfish on the

table.

They've got gospel in the air.

And Reverend Green be glad to

see you

When you haven't got a prayer.

 

But, boy, you've got a prayer in

Memphis.

I'm walking in Memphis,

Walking with my feet ten feet

off of Beale.

Walking in Memphis.

Boy, do I really feel the way I

feel.

 

Now Muriel plays piano

Every Friday at the Hollywood.

And they brought me down to see

her

And they asked me if I would

Do a little number,

And I sang with all my might,

And she said,

"Tell me are you a Christian

child?"

And I said, "Ma'am, I am

tonight."

 

 

From Walking In Memphis by

 

Marc Cohn