motel in memphis
old crow medicine show
were you there when the man from atlanta was murdered in memphis?
did you see him layin' at the lorraine motel?
did you hear them say that the cia is witness -
to the murder of a man at a motel in memphis?
run and tell somebody there's blood on the riverside
you'd swear it was more than a man who died
did you see coretta? she was sobbin' on the corner in a black veil. did you watch mr. crump in a white coat grin?
did you walk downriver where the cottonwoods are swingin' -
with the ghostly bodies of men?
run and tell somebody there's blood on the riverside
you'd swear it was more than a man who died
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 future -
and cry out for a martyred man?
run and tell somebody there's blood on the riverside
you'd swear it was more than a man who died