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Poem: Walking In Memphis

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Simon Sweetman
Nov 13, 2019
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Marc Cohn singing Walking in Memphis,

that’s something I always believed in.

There’s a power, a grace and a majesty in that song -

and I think it comes from walking so close to being hackneyed.

But you feel the truth sneaking through between the lines.

Everyone pegs it as an Elvis tribute because he sings about boarding the plane in his blue suede shoes, men…

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