Lookin' at you through a misty moonlight 
Katydid sing like a symphony 
Porch swing swayin' like a Tennessee lullaby 
Melody blowing through the willow tree 

What was I supposed to do 
Standin' there lookin' at you 
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 

What was I supposed to do 
Standin' there lookin' at you 
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 

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 
Lie awake drifting in the memory 
I think about you on your momma's front porch swing 
Talking that way so soft to me 

What was I supposed to do 
Standin' there lookin' at you 
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 

Maybe it was Memphis 
Maybe it was southern summer nights 
Maybe it was you maybe it was me 
But it sure felt right 
Maybe it was you maybe it was me 
But it sure felt right 
You know it sure felt right...