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Blue Suede Shoes

Blue Suede Shoes

by Johnny Rivers

on Blue Suede Shoes (1974), The Best Of Johnny Rivers (1995)

Memphis

Artist: Johnny Rivers (peak Billboard position # 2 in 1964)
Words and Music by Chuck Berry, who recorded it as Memphis, Tennessee in
1959.
Also a # 5 instrumental hit for Lonnie Mack in 1963.

Long distance information, give me Memphis Tennessee
Help me find a party that tried to get in touch with me
She could not leave a number but I know who placed the call
'cause my uncle took a message and he wrote it on the wall

Help me, information, get in touch with my Marie
She's the only one who'd call me here from Memphis Tennessee
Her home is on the south side, high upon a ridge
Just a half a mile from the Mississippi bridge

Last time I saw Marie she was wavin' me goodbye
With hurry-home drops on her cheek that trickled from her eye
But we were pulled apart because her mom did not agree
And tore apart our happy home in Memphis Tennessee

Help me, information, more than that I cannot add
Only that I miss her and all the fun we had
Marie is only six years old, information please
Try to put me through to her in Memphis Tennessee

Song Comments (1)
On Blue Suede Shoes by Johnny Rivers

By Bonnie Myers

Posted

Hello . I was looking for Memphis/ ( Memphis Tenn.) - Chuck Berry . Not there , so to Johnny Rivers , Memphis / Memphis Tenn. ) Here we are at Blue Suede Shoes , which is in fact Memphis .Look to YouTube , and there's Johnny Rivers singing Memphis , but titled Blue Suede Shoes . It's probably a Chuck Berry Estate legal issue . I don't , can't , won't connect Blue Suede Shoes with Memphis . I did in fact find the lyrics I was searching for , and I love this site , it's the best Lyric Search I've used . Give Blue Suede Shoes to Carl Perkins , where we'll get into an Elvis Estate legal issue , likely . Thank you . :)
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