Memphis Lives in Me

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This is David Bryan, the keyboardist of Bon Jovi. A brainy dude who almost became a doctor (studying Pre-Med with a 4.0 GPA). However, he dropped out to attend a school devoted to music.

He has 3 albums under his belt, the last one, Lunar Eclipse in 2000. Virtually all of his songs revolve around the piano, arguably the most aphrodisiac of instruments ever created by man. This song was part of a musical written by David Bryan, that debuted off Broadway in 2002. It’s a story of a Memphis DJ named Dewey Philips, one of the first white DJ to play black music in the 50′s.

David Bryan – Memphis Lives in Me

There’s a town that I call home
Where all the streets are paved with soul
Down on Beale there’s a honky-tonk bar
So hear the wail of a blues guitar
Have a beer and drop a dime in the blind man’s jar

The blues sing softly in the air like a Sunday morning prayer
Just one more drink and you’ll see God everywhere
Like a sad old melody that cheers you up, it sets you free
That’s how Memphis lives in me

There comes a time when muddy waters run rough
There comes a point when a man has had enough
Like a friend that always stands by me
Memphis knows me
Never showed me
How did life just had to be

I couldn’t even try to run away, say goodbye
Here I was born and here is where I’ll die
I’m just a man from Tennessee
I can’t be what I can’t be
All I know is Memphis lives in me

I said I’m just a man from Tennessee
Can’t be what I can’t be
All I know is Memphis lives
All I know is Memphis gives
All I know is Memphis lives in me