Memphis Afternoon - Eric Hansen

The old men play in Handy Square

On a Wednesday afternoon

On old guitars, near sleeping bars

They play the Memphis Blues

They drink cheap beer out of plastic cups

And play the music loud

The people come from miles around

To hear that Memphis Sound

Life is hard, but life is good

Sometimes it don’t turn out like it should

That’s why the people love to hear us sing the Blues

On a Memphis afternoon

The soul of W. C. Handy

Keeps an eye on Beale St.

He’s the Father of the Blues

He knows all the tunes

On a Memphis afternoon

Old Cindy passes the bucket

As she dances around the square

She does a good job of gettin' money

From the tourists sittin' there

Life is hard, but life is good

Sometimes it don’t turn out like it should

That’s why the people love to hear us sing the Blues

On a Memphis afternoon

I thought my heart would break that day in Memphis

I prayed for God to take controlLife is hard, but life is good

Sometimes it don’t turn out like it should

That’s why the people love to hear us sing the Blues

On a Memphis afternoon

On a Memphis afternoon

On a Memphis afternoon