<Table> <Tr> <Td> "The Heart of the City" (1986) </Td> <Td> "Walking in Memphis" (1991) </Td> <Td> "Silver Thunderbird" (1991) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "The Heart of the City" (1986) </Td> <Td> "Walking in Memphis" (1991) </Td> <Td> "Silver Thunderbird" (1991) </Td> </Tr> <P> "Walking in Memphis" is a song composed and originally recorded by the American singer - songwriter Marc Cohn, for whom it remains his signature song . Cohn said the song is "100 percent autobiographical". He described it as a song about "a Jewish gospel - music - lover", and as "a pretty literal transcription of a visit I made...in 1986 . I went to Graceland, I heard Al Green preach the gospel, I saw W.C. Handy's statue . But the song is about more than just a place, it's about a kind of spiritual awakening, one of those trips where you're different when you leave ." It reflects on Cohn's experience as a Jew who feels the Gospel spirit of Memphis . </P> <P> The last verse refers to Cohn's inspirational encounter with singer Muriel Wilkins, with whom he performed "Amazing Grace". This all culminates in the iconic lyric, "' Tell me are you a Christian, child?' and I said,' Ma'am, I am tonight!"' Cohn finds it funny that many listeners infer from the lyric that he is a Christian or born again . "But to me," Cohn said, "that line could have only been written by a Jew . It's such a Jewish line, and I love that ." </P>

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