Maybe It Was Memphis

Lookin' at you through a misty moonlight
Katydid sing like a symphony
Porch swing swayin' like a Tennessee lullaby
Melody blowing through the willow tree

What was I supposed to do
Standin' there lookin' at you
A lonely boy far from home
Maybe it was Memphis
Maybe it was southern summer nights
Maybe it was you maybe it was me
But it sure felt right

Read about you in a Faulkner novel
Met you once in a Williams play
Heard about you in a country love song
Summer nights beauty took my breath away

What was I supposed to do
Standin' there lookin' at you
A lonely boy far from home
Maybe it was Memphis
Maybe it was southern summer nights
Maybe it was you maybe it was me
But it sure felt right

Maybe it was Memphis
Maybe it was southern summer nights
Maybe it was you maybe it was me
But it sure felt right

Every night now once I've been back home
I lie awake at night drifting in my memory
I think about you on your momma's front porch swing
Talking that way so soft to me

What was I supposed to do
Standin' there lookin' at you
A lonely boy far from home
Maybe it was Memphis
Maybe it was southern summer nights
Maybe it was you maybe it was me
But it sure felt right

Maybe it was Memphis
Maybe it was southern summer nights
Maybe it was you maybe it was me
But it sure felt right
Maybe it was you maybe it was me
But it sure felt right

Oh
Maybe it was Memphis

Talvez fosse Memphis

Olhando para você através de um luar enevoado
Katydid cantar como uma sinfonia
Porch eufemi balanço "como uma canção de ninar Tennessee
Melody soprando através do salgueiro

O que eu deveria fazer
Esperando lá olhando para você
Um garoto solitário longe de casa
Talvez fosse Memphis
Talvez fosse noites de verão do sul
Talvez fosse você talvez fosse eu
Mas com certeza me senti bem

Leia sobre você em um romance de Faulkner
Conheci uma vez em um jogo Williams
Ouvido sobre você em uma canção de amor país
As noites de Verão de beleza me tirou o fôlego

O que eu deveria fazer
Esperando lá olhando para você
Um garoto solitário longe de casa
Talvez fosse Memphis
Talvez fosse noites de verão do sul
Talvez fosse você talvez fosse eu
Mas com certeza me senti bem

Talvez fosse Memphis
Talvez fosse noites de verão do sul
Talvez fosse você talvez fosse eu
Mas com certeza me senti bem

Todas as noites, agora, uma vez eu fui de volta para casa
Eu fico acordado à noite à deriva na minha memória
Eu penso em você em frente balanço da varanda de sua mãe
Falando dessa maneira tão suave para mim

O que eu deveria fazer
Esperando lá olhando para você
Um garoto solitário longe de casa
Talvez fosse Memphis
Talvez fosse noites de verão do sul
Talvez fosse você talvez fosse eu
Mas com certeza me senti bem

Talvez fosse Memphis
Talvez fosse noites de verão do sul
Talvez fosse você talvez fosse eu
Mas com certeza me senti bem
Talvez fosse você talvez fosse eu
Mas com certeza me senti bem

Ó
Talvez fosse Memphis

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