Motel In Memphis

Were you there when the man from Atlanta wasMurdered in Memphis?Did you see him laying at the Lorraine Motel?Did you hear them say that the CIA is witnessTo the murder of a man at a motel in Memphis?(Chorus)Motel in MemphisMotel in MemphisRun and tell somebodyThere's blood on the riversideOh muddy waterRollin' to MemphisIf you were there you'd swearIt was more then a man who diedDid you see Coretta she was sobbing onThe corner in her black veil?Did you see Mr. Crump in a white coat grin?Did you walk downriver where the cottonwoods are swingingWith ghostly bodies of men?(Chorus)Were you there with Mahalia wailing at the funeral?Did you watch them lower his casket in?Did you tremble when you thought about the futureAnd cry out for a martyred man?(Chorus)