Maybe It Was Memphis

Pam Tillis

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
Standing 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 night beauty took my breath away

What was I supposed to do
Standing 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 (Memphis)
Maybe it was Southern summer nights (Southern summer nights)
Maybe it was you, maybe it was me
But it sure felt right

Every night now since I've been back home
Lie awake drifting in my memory
Think about you on your mama's front porch swing
Talking that way so soft to me

What was I supposed to do
Standing 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 (Memphis)
Maybe it was Southern summer nights (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, you know it sure felt right
Oh, maybe it was Memphis
Maybe it was Memphis
Maybe it was Memphis
Maybe it was Memphis
But it sure felt right


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Maybe It Was Memphis Lyrics as written by Michael Anderson

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    My Interpretation
    This song is reminiscent of romantic magic. She considers the components that contributed to the situation: nature, sounds, time, location. The sweet, lonely boy's soul shines through in ways she always imagined like in a book, play, and love song. She lists the possible reasons the pure feelings surfaced, but the feelings of being right are what mattered. There is mystery in the long-term outcome, but the pure and real feelings are what matters. The feelings are nearly never-in-a-lifetime feelings that can never be forgotten or ignored.
    graysunshineon February 28, 2012   Link
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    General Comment
    This song is about first love, and she's looking back, and remembering her first time.
    bookwurm2010on August 08, 2008   Link

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