Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Memphis, artist - Cassandra Wilson. Album song New Moon Daughter, in the genre Date of issue: 31.12.1995
Record label: Blue Note
Song language: English
Memphis |
| I was locked inside a prison of my own design |
| Every wall was painted gray |
| Then the walls dissolved, the sky collapsed |
| I heard him whispering my name |
| With a voice so warm and tender |
| He reached out and helped me to remember |
| With the sweet complexion of a pharaoh |
| Dark as a delta night, I said |
| «Oh won’t you carry me back to Memphis |
| Where we can dance along the Nile» |
| Dance along the Nile |
| Dance with me along the Nile |
| Water wash over me |
| Dance with me along the Nile |
| Water wash over me |
| Water wash over me |
| Now, history had been arranged |
| To hide us from our secret names |
| But God knows who we are |
| I’m content to watch him |
| Slowly come to meet me |
| On a river to my heart |
| Roll in slowly pour into my veins |
| Bring me water and wash away my pain |
| With the sweet complexion of a pharaoh |
| Dark like a delta night, I said |
| I want, I want to go back to Memphis |
| And we will dance along the Nile |
| And you’ll remember me |
| How that water wash over me |
| Let’s go back, let’s go back to Memphis |
| And we will dance along the Nile |
| Smile, dance, … |