The Sun Never Sets in Memphis

Three men began their stories
We stopped to hear them sing
The short time they were with us
True emotions were their thing
Along-came the up and comers
They couldn’t get it though they tried
Had to work all that much harder
Couldn’t bring back what had died

The sun never sets in Memphis
Not even down Union Avenue
It just hides behind the buildings
Until I’ll meet again with you,

Maybe they can’t really hear us
or understand what they’d done
How the days seemed all that brighter
After they’d showed us what we’d won
Didn’t forget, only misplaced them
Till we needed them once again
To show us where we came from
Where we got to, how, and when

We never really lost that feeling
but somehow put it all on pause
the music was once much clearer
Yet they were rebels without a cause
The memories that they left us
We’ll keep with us till we die
The years have come and gone now
We’ll never have to say goodbye

The sun never sets in Memphis
Not even down Union Avenue
It just hides behind the buildings
Until I’ll meet again with you,

Elvis, Roy and Johnny started
what became music’s very core
We didn’t realize the impact
Till they were gone for-ever-more…
Down on Beale Street there’s a corner
and if you listen through all those blues
Three voices come by much stronger
Now… we’ll give them their dues

Oh...the sun never sets in Memphis
Not even down Union Avenue
It just hides behind the buildings
Until I’ll meet again with you....