Levon Helm - Back To Memphis Lyrics
If I never saw you
You'd still live in my dreams
Calling out from stages
And music magazines
You'd be green and gold
Carved out of matches
But broken out of stone
Taken from the fire of your fiddle
Words of unspoken, blinding truth
If I couldn't see it, I was lost in my youth
But I'm going back to Memphis - after you.
If I could have seen you
Poison in your fingers
But music in your soul
You could have been my lover
Taught me everything I know
But now we are your children
Your flowers in the snow
But all you ever wanted was to see the heart of the city, oh
And all you ever got was hand to mouth
So I know you'll be walking for a long, long time
Cause you're going back to Memphis - heading South.
Brothers till the night came
And whispered in the pines
Tempting me with secrets
To play a game with time
Now I feel you in the walls
And I know you're in the air
And it's just like I can touch you
You're living everywhere
But all you ever wanted was to be in the heart of the city, oh
And all you ever got was handed out
So I know we'll be walking for a long, long time
Cause we're going back to Memphis - heading South
Going back to Memphis - heading South.
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Levon Helm Back To Memphis Comments
Absolutely amazing !
Anyone know who is playing the upright bass?
PAUL OSSOLA paulassola.com FYI
The only clothes I got left are rags and my pajamas
simply the best RIP brother
Back to Memphis is great !!
Thanks, we were there, it was a show I'll never forget.
I miss him
He ain't dead just sitting back for a while,, thinking look what I started
Jeesis what a legend, Levon Helm is up there with all those Wonderful Musicians that passed before and after Him. I would really hope that where they go is really nice And Levon and Rory Gallagher are havin a Jam Session OH WOW!! What a mind boggler that would be, Loving the real music!!!!!
I love a stageful of craftsmen doing their jobs the right way.
Levon sure knew how to throw a party!
Levon.!
Thanks for sharing these great Levon videos - the man was so superb.