Were you there when the man from Atlanta was murdered in Memphis?
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Did you see him layin' at the Lorraine Motel?
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Did you hear them say that the CIA is witness -
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To the murder of a man at a motel in Memphis?
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Motel in Memphis
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Motel in Memphis
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Run and tell somebody there's blood on the riverside
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Oh muddy water, rolling to Memphis
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If you were there, you'd swear it was more than a man who died
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Did you see Coretta? She was sobbin' on the corner in a black veil.
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Did you watch Mr. Crump in a white coat grin?
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Did you walk downriver where the cottonwoods are swingin' -
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With the ghostly bodies of men?
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Motel in Memphis
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Motel in Memphis
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Run and tell somebody there's blood on the riverside
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Oh muddy water, rolling to Memphis
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If you were there, you'd swear it was more than a man who died
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Were you there with Mahalia wailing at the funeral?
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Did you watch them lower his casket in?
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Did you tremble when you thought about the future -
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And cry out for a martyred man?
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Motel in Memphis
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Motel in Memphis
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Run and tell somebody there's blood on the riverside
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Oh muddy water, rolling to Memphis
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If you were there, you'd swear it was more than a man who died
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Motel In Memphis
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