| It’s dark, dark in the daytime |
| The people sleep, sleep in the daytime |
| If they want to, if they want to |
| Chorus: I’m checking them out |
| I’m checking them out |
| I got it figured out |
| I got it figured out |
| There’s good points and bad points |
| Find a city |
| Find myself a city to live in. |
| There are a lot of rich people in Birmingham |
| A lot of ghosts in a lot of houses |
| Look over there… A dry ice factory |
| A good place to get some thinking done |
| Down el Paso way things get pretty spread out |
| People got no idea where in the world they are |
| They go up north and come back south |
| Still got no idea where in the world they are. |
| Did I forget to mention, to mention Memphis |
| Home of Elvis and the ancient greeks |
| Do I smell? I smell home cooking |
| It’s only the river, it’s only the river. |