the last train to Memphis,
this rocket may be dy in'
Time to pay my last respects
and do my last good -byin'
I walk down Union Av enue
I'll say a prayer for Elvis
and then say a prayer for me
I take the last train to Memphis
and look at that big river
Throw in my broken whiskey glass
and not even feel a shiver
Take the last train to Memphis
I thought would never, ever change
Take the last train to Memphis,
Grind up my life's lessons
and then feed it to some of mine
Take the last train to Memphis,
I'll take the last train to Memphis,
where Martin met his fate
I was just a little boy on that sorry day
Or maybe take a little drive
And hope we find it in us
to finish what he'd begun
Oh, take the last train to Memphis
and visit some old friends
Some angels and some devils
and I'll fi nally make amends
I'll listen to those angels
who fly with broken wings
A summer that never follows spring
