Lookin' at you through a misty moonlight 
Katydid sing like a symphony 
Porch swing swayin' like a Tennessee lullaby 
Melody blowing through athe willow tree 
 
What was I supposed to do 
Standin' there lookin' at you 
A lonely boy far from home 
Maybe it was Memphis 
Maybe it was southern summer nights 
Maybe it was you maybe it was me 
But it sure felt right 
 
Read about you in a Faulkner novel 
Met you once in a Williams play 
Heard about you in a country love song 
Summer nights beauty took my breath away 
 
Chorus 
 
Maybe it was Memphis 
Maybe it was southern summer nights 
Maybe it was you maybe it was me 
But it sure felt right 
 
Every night now since I've been back home 
I lie awake at night drifting in my memory 
I think about you on your momma's front porch swing 
talking that way so soft to me 
 
Chorus 
 
Maybe it was Memphis 
Maybe it was southern summer nights 
Maybe it was you maybe it was me 
But it sure felt right