Cohn, Marc - Close To You Lyrics






Why do birds
Suddenly appear
Every time you are near?
Just like me
They long to be
Close to you

Why do stars
Fall down from the sky
Every time you walk by?
Just like me
They long to be
Close to you

On the day that you were born the angels got together
And decided to create a dream come true
So they sprinkled moon dust in your hair of gold
And starlight in your eyes of blue

That is why
All the girls in town
Follow you all around
Just like me
They long to be
Close to you

On the day that you were born the angels got together
And decided to create a dream come true
So they sprinkled moon dust in your hair of gold
And starlight in your eyes of blue

That is why
All the girls in town
Follow you all around
Just like me
They long to be
Close to you

Just like me
They long to be
Close to you

Wah, close to you
Wah, close to you
Wah, close to you
Wah, close to you

Wah, close to you
Wah, close to you
Wah, close to you
Wah, close to you





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  1. M.... ....

    the best line is, "Reverend Green will be glad to see you, when you haven't got a prayer...."

  2. S.... C....

    This beautiful song just gets you deep down in your soul , thank you so much Marc 🇺🇸🇬🇧

  3. T.... M....

    2006 I was in Belgium, Brussels. I had an American friend who use to listen to this and now when ever I miss her I play it

  4. S.... S....

    Didnt he get shot in the head a few years ago? He is ok but still a bullit to the head..

    S.... S....

    Yeah he was shot in the head while someone was trying to carjack him

  5. S.... ....

    Still walking.

  6. L.... N....

    I swear this song gives me chills. I LOVE IT. Memphis is an awesome city. Tennessee is wonderful. The way Marc sings it. Wow. Passionate

  7. m.... p....

    The original American Idol was held in a cotton patch just below Memphis.

  8. B.... O....

    Found this song only a few years ago. I’m 56 and this song hits me square in the gut every time I hear it. I’ll be making my first ever trip to Memphis for a birthday weekend getaway in a few weeks. I will be walking down Beale and hearing this in my head.

  9. m.... 4....

    The Hollywood was a hole in the wall near Tunica MS. but had some good old music there. Don't know if its even still there.

  10. B.... D....

    Beautiful! A spiritual awakening with heart and soul. Timeless, one of my all time favorites.

  11. m.... ....

    thank you

  12. W.... F....

    I feel an indescribable sadness when I listen to this song.

  13. i.... a....

    Does any one notice he sorta sounds like Bruce Springsteen...or bruce Springsteen kinda sounds like him..
    Or they both kinda sound alike😀or is it just me......and I am way down in africa nigeria...noticing dem similarities

  14. o.... ....

    Classic 👌🏻

  15. m.... o....

    I farted in 2013 and i love this song!!!!

  16. S.... A....

    One of my all time favorites....

  17. B.... O....

    I embraced this song the first time it aired. Never knew why. Now, decades later ...I know.

  18. s.... 8....

    Still listening to this classic song, right now!
    Another reply from the African American not too long ago; One of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard.. It always lifts my spirit and heart and soul. God Bless Mr.Marc for this beautiful song.
    Lee Linc Stallings, Published Poet!
    East Saint Louis, IL...
    Thank You For Posting This!!!!

  19. B.... M....

    This song gives me hope

  20. T.... A....

    It may be 2020 , but this song is still legendary.

  21. K.... M....

    This is a quintessential American song. So beautiful!

  22. E.... M....

    Beautiful song...with so much feeling...

  23. B.... B....

    ❤ Gospel in the air ✝️

  24. K.... Z....

    I will put on white jammies....lol, ghosts

  25. A.... V....

    I'm Greek and this song was the beginning of my fantastic journey with the good american music. Thank you US!

  26. T.... H....

    can we all just appreciate the piano work in the first full minute

  27. R.... T....

    This songs lyrics are open to much interpretation...no go for me

  28. �.... ....

    My dad was talking about this song on the day he died so it makes me a bit sad to listen to now, but still a beautiful song.

  29. C.... S....

    What a great Song!! ❤️

  30. I.... L....

    Legendele nu mor niciodată

  31. s.... 8....

    I am an African American, fell in love with this song so many years ago: I have walked in Memphis, many times. My sister is still there.
    This song always touches my heart and soul!. I brought the original album when it first came out. It always uplifts me. I knew he was singing about Elvis and the Reverend Al Green when I first heard it; Thank you for this song .
    Lee Linc Stallings, Published Poet,
    East Saint Louis, IL.

    s.... 8....

    Al was known as hot grits Green, because his girlfriend throw hot grits on him when they were in a big fight.

  32. O.... ....

    I died in 2003, but I still love this song.

  33. M.... V....

    I have a brother name memphis but he die so that how I am here

  34. I.... L....

    I can see why Cher made this song too. It suits her voice perfectly.

  35. F.... E....

    February 2020

  36. G.... V....

    Wow, alles passt, Musik, Stimme und Text. Großartig.

  37. C.... M....

    I love this song.

  38. P.... E....

    I love this song and I like this version the best because it is the original version of the song!

  39. S.... F....

    My little brother is named Memphis, so this is his favourite song and he asks to listen to it all the time

  40. M.... D....

    Thanks youtube last time i'm listen this song in 1995 wow. In pontianak this song not favorite

  41. J.... M....

    Just pure music, talent and real music

  42. P.... D....

    Touchdown in the land of the delta blues
    And you can feel the rain

  43. M.... J....

    Beautiful song Makes me smile every time I listen to it. 🙂

  44. J.... M....

    Retail workers unite!!! Ah, the PTSD of listening to this song while folding clothes.... I can still hear the customers screaming... "do you have any of these in the back?!" The horror... the horror...

  45. s.... ....

    Even successful songs can sometimes sound like they were phoned in. But then there are those songs that the writer has an obvious heartfelt, even spiritual, connection to. Marc Cohn’s 1991 hit “Walking In Memphis” has a lyric so genuine that the listener knows it’s either based on something that really happened, or the writer is a superb storyteller. And in this case, Cohn’s performance is charged with the same emotion as the lyric.


    “Walking In Memphis” is the story of a trip Cohn took to Memphis, where so much of America’s musical heritage originated. He speaks of seeing the statue of “Father of the Blues” W.C. Handy, of following the ghost of Elvis to Graceland, and of listening to the preaching of minister/soul music legend Reverend Al Green. But a side trip to the nearby Delta area around Robinsonville, Mississippi – where Son House, Robert Johnson and others played the blues – put the spiritual and artistic icing on the cake during this trip to the South (Cohn is a Clevelander), and it was almost inevitable that a song would follow. At Robinsonville’s legendary Hollywood Café he performed “Amazing Grace” with singer Muriel Wilkins, and was inspired to write “Walking In Memphis,” with its iconic ‘90s piano pop line, “Tell me are you a Christian, child?” and I said, “Ma’am, I am tonight!”


    Cohn, who is Jewish, told the Chicago Tribune in 2011 that the song was definitely written about true facts. “It’s 100 percent autobiographical,” he said. “The moment I wrote it, I had no idea I was writing a hit, but I knew I was writing something that deeply defined so many facets of me … people often think that I’m Christian or born-again, from not only that song, but others … but to me, that line could have only been written by a Jew. It’s such a Jewish line, and I love that.”


    At over four minutes, the song was pretty long for radio even in 1991, with the chorus repeating several times and the first verse repeating for great dramatic effect at the end. “Walking In Memphis” is far and away Cohn’s biggest hit. It reached number 13 on the Billboard charts and found its way onto the charts of half a dozen other countries as well. He won the Best New Artist Grammy in 1992. Cohn is still alive and well – despite nearly being shot to death by a would-be carjacker in 2005 – and continues to record and tour, and “Walking In Memphis” is still an important part of his live show.

  46. W.... J....

    WONDERFUL

  47. J.... D....

    Here in 2020 this song will never get old love it

  48. M.... E....

    Tank you

  49. U.... A....

    Ich muss weinen

  50. U.... A....

    Es gibt kein schöneres Lied

  51. m.... B....

    Yes, Hari (57) from India on this 21st, Jan. 2020 midnight.

  52. R.... M....

    Love it!

  53. R.... G....

    If you love music, then you gotta love this song.....Full of power and soul......

  54. r.... r....

    Listening to this sitting in Memphis with a big smile. So fortunate to live here. Never tired of hearing Marc sing this song.

  55. N.... J....

    Still walking in memphis

  56. k.... d....

    Please tell me taylor hicks did a remake to this song

  57. K.... ....

    A&R BBQ and the KING!

  58. J.... B....

    I love Marc Cohn's song, "Walking in Memphis", where my grandmother once lived in Shelby county! My grandmother loved Elvis and she worked at the soda shop in downtown Memphis at the Claridge Hotel! She once served Elvis a ice cream sundae!

    J.... B....

    I 💕 Marc Cohen songs

  59. J.... D....

    Ole Marc should do a sequel to this
    Running in St Louis
    Then maybe a trilogy
    Swimming in new Orleans
    Then maybe a prequel origins story
    Blowing up St Paul and shooten down Minneapolis

    J.... D....

    You a bit cynical maybe?

    J.... D....

    I was just joking around trying to be funny
    I wasn't trying to be mean or insulting man

  60. j.... b....

    Put on my blue suede shoes
    And I boarded the plane
    Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues
    In the middle of the pouring rain
    W.C. Handy, won't you look down over me
    Yeah, I got a first class ticket
    But I'm as blue as a boy can be
    Then I'm walking in Memphis
    Walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale
    Walking in Memphis
    But do I really feel the way I feel?
    Saw the ghost of Elvis
    On Union Avenue
    Followed him up to the gates of Graceland
    Then I watched him walk right through
    Now security they did not see him
    They just hovered 'round his tomb
    But there's a pretty little thing
    Waiting for the King
    Down in the Jungle Room
    When I was walking in Memphis
    I was walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale
    Walking in Memphis
    But do I really feel the way I feel?
    They've got catfish on the table
    They've got gospel in the air
    And Reverend Green be glad to see you
    When you haven't got a prayer
    But, boy, you've got a prayer in Memphis
    Now Muriel plays piano
    Every Friday at the Hollywood
    And they brought me down to see her
    And they asked me if I would
    Do a little number
    And I sang with all my might
    She said
    "Tell me are you a Christian child?"
    And I said "Ma'am, I am tonight"
    Walking in Memphis
    (Walking in Memphis)
    Was walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale
    Walking in Memphis
    (Walking in Memphis)
    But do I really feel the way I feel?
    Walking in Memphis
    (Walking in Memphis)
    I was walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale
    Walking in Memphis
    (Walking in Memphis)
    But do I really feel the way I feel?
    Put on my blue suede shoes
    And I boarded the plane
    Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues
    In the middle of the pouring rain
    Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues
    In the middle of the pouring rain

  61. D.... B....

    If you are listening to this in 2020, you are a living legend.

    D.... B....

    Marc Cohen❤

    D.... B....

    Thanks lol

    D.... B....

    Phenomenal song. Feb 2020

    D.... B....

    Yes I AM, Hahahaha.... Who knew so much stuff I did as a youngen would end up bein so Epic ? I was just tryin to have some fun, but I guess I had good taste hahahaha....

    D.... B....

    Thanks 👌

  62. E.... V....

    Love the delta blues...long live the king.

  63. R.... W....

    No one, but no one delivers this song as touchingly as Marc.

  64. r.... ....

    Have been walking in Memphis one time in my life in 2010. I am very thankful that I could visit the SUN Studio and took a hop on hop off bus to Beale Street and the Gibson Guitar Factory and Graceland. I love Americana music all my life and it was magic to me walking and sight-seeing in the cradle of Rock&Roll Music. This song is grand and makes me think about this wonderful journey to music ♥ ♪♫ ♥

  65. L.... ....

    Wtf there’s a video to this

  66. M.... B....

    this nigga should have been a nigga in the3 60's, other than that, he is really gay. glad someone shot his ass.

  67. a.... ....

    2020 i just finished walking in Memphis love this town.

  68. A.... ....

    I literally thought growing up this was an old black guy singing. What a shocker when I found out he was white.

  69. S.... J....

    Marc Cohn is as handsome as his voice is soulful.

  70. G.... E....

    On my second visit to Memphis I had this on tape in the hired gas guzzler as we cruised down Union Avenue heading for the Peabody Hotel in the pouring rain. Great memories.

  71. R.... C....

    I really miss Tennessee, such a wonderful place.

  72. B.... J....

    The best song EVER!

  73. M.... E....

    2020 Now. No matter what happens, lead with love.

    M.... E....

    Yes Sister yes !!! Just for you search: (“Marley and Idol”) great mashup🎵🎶

  74. R.... D....

    SHOPPING IN LIDL wait what

  75. d.... W....

    Walking in memphis

  76. C.... M....

    I like shopping in lidlllllll

  77. C.... F....

    Damn good song

  78. A.... B....

    Touch Down this is the song (4) Many walks of LIFE😇

  79. w.... ....

    Great song in my book and also my moms favorite song by Marc Cohen. I still remember the first time I ever heard it and I loved it. Lonestar also did a great job on their same country style version of this same song too.

  80. C.... L....

    When I first heard this song, it was in the Memphis International Airport, before its remodel.

  81. R.... ....

    486 non contributing, lifeless zeros disliked this song. 🙄

  82. C.... V....

    Forget Cher's poor cover version. This is a million times better.

  83. P.... H....

    if you haven't seen his post in 2018 explaining how this song came about you are missing a great treat.

  84. L.... ....

    Great tribute to The King, Elvis.

  85. S.... M....

    Stellar

  86. M.... b....

    Why is it everytime you look up an older song the comment section is literally the most cringey/cancerous comment section on the internet 😂😂😂😂

  87. S.... B....

    Take a walk down Beale Street and you cannot find music that is not excellent. Get there if you can.

  88. S.... B....

    He got shot in the head in his car Where was his believes then

  89. J.... C....

    Love this song

  90. P.... C....

    Final song at my wedding in 2018.

  91. D.... H....

    Was in Memphis last night singing the shit out of this!

  92. S.... ....

    Facts 💯

  93. S.... G....

    I've only been to Memphis once and it was to see The King's home.

  94. G.... S....

    Such a beautiful song! WTF happened to music man??!! It’s so soulless now and void of feelings and emotions.

  95. V.... K....

    Who’s here from Smallville? Perry White episode

  96. C.... G....

    I love this song . so spiritual keep on rocking Marc.

    C.... G....

    Elvis would be proud of him!